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principal

[prin-suh-puhl] / ˈprɪn sə pəl /




NOUN
original amount of property either owned or owed
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“Lower wattage alone does not eliminate those risks,” Colleen O’Brien, a principal engineer at UL Solutions, said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Every inch of its intimate sanctum contains the story of the venue’s principal owners, Quentin Ertel and Brian Rauschenbach.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

“Some borrowers are going to be able to access these loans and some aren’t,” said Kristin Blagg, principal research associate at the Urban Institute who focuses on higher-education policy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

You could also consider taking Social Security at 67 instead of 70, to avoid dipping too far into your principal in the years after you stop working.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

“I want to thank each and every one of you for the maturity and dedication that you’ve shown over the past three weeks,” the principal concludes.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

The principals settled on hosting Collins for a publicity event at Navatek’s Maine headquarters in August 2019, where she posed for pictures with Kao and a model of the company’s experimental boat.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

But teachers and principals don’t need a cue from on high to experiment, and they shouldn’t have to fill out reports every time they want to try something new.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

There have been some concerns this will place more pressure on school principals and teachers who are SEN coordinators in schools.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

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

One of the two principals had fired first; the other had paused for a discreet and noticeable interval, and then he had fired.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis


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