principal
Example Sentences
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“It’s a smart way to avoid ownership and data issues,” Ray Wang, principal analyst at Constellation Research, said of the deal.
From Los Angeles Times
Maybe it was the principal from “Back to the Future?”
From Salon
These are securities that pay a relatively high yield to investors, but take principal losses when triggered by certain events or insurance loss levels.
The child of a Pentecostal school principal raised outside Portland, Ore., Waggoner grew up witnessing tension between religious groups and a progressive local government.
"Not all blowflies are this species. We don't have to be afraid of all flies," said Amy Murillo, UCR assistant professor of entomology and principal investigator of the project.
From Science Daily
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