principal

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Easter, the principal holiday of the Christian church, celebrates the resurrection of Jesus.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

A video clip featured in the “Addictive Ballet” episode shows New York City Ballet principal dancer Ashley Bouder launching herself into a jeté so high she seems to leave Earth’s gravity.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

That will be bad news for Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies, who said that he and Verstappen were "focusing on the competitive picture" and "having zero discussions about the other aspects".

From BBC • Mar. 29, 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

We could tell you the capitals of countries nobody had ever heard of, and their principal exports.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck