principal

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The school principal Jenny Lendrum said that all pupils access work and other information through the C2K system.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Matsumoto’s mother is of Korean descent and is principal at Hawthorne Math and Science Academy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Musk, OpenAI’s then principal financial supporter, had asked Brockman and Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever to make a spreadsheet listing every employee and what important contribution they had made—a classically Muskian precursor to staff cuts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

If properly managed and funded, after five years, “all of the principal will be deemed an unavailable asset if you apply for Medicaid.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

There was a series of thuds as the principal tapped the microphone.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein