principal
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I was a charter-school principal and superintendent in the South.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Kasek became Narbonne’s principal in 2025 with the message from the Los Angeles Unified School District to end the football scandals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
Rebecca Wettemann, principal analyst at technology research firm Valoir, characterized the performance as essentially meeting investors’ expectations.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Liam Sloan, principal at Bolton College, said not many students missed more than half of classes, but those who were absent often had mental health challenges or part-time jobs.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
“Okay, honey, I need you to listen. When we talk with the principal, I might have to say a couple of things that aren’t true.”
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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Francois Resnais, national secretary of SNPDEN-Unsa, France's top union of school principals, criticised the timing as "bad".
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
Among the principals, everyone—El-Sayed, Stevens, Chuck Schumer, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee—quickly got on the same team.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2026
“Couture’s” three principals rarely interact with one another, but those meaningful exchanges argue that, amid the mad clatter of the everyday, a brief, unguarded moment with a stranger can be supremely restorative.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Washington, Jefferson, Franklin and the other principals of the American Revolution are familiar faces from their innumerable portraits, including on the currency; their British opponents, less so.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
First, Pendleton and Van Ness agreed that both principals fired their weapons.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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