principal
Example Sentences
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Recent reports, external suggest Keane, 45, has had talks with the Scottish champions' principal shareholder Dermot Desmond.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Are you trying to preserve the principal for heirs?
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
“My biggest fear is that learning becomes an imitation of learning,” Indrek Lillemägi, principal of Tallinn Pelgulinna State high school.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
Their principal value is adjusted upward when prices rise.
From Barron's • May 30, 2026
A few days later, they found the equipment-room key in some teacher’s washing machine, and Mom told the principal and the noon aide they had to write me an apology.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
Vocabulary lists containing principal
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
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