principal
Example Sentences
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Prof Christopher McCrudden, a human rights expert at Queens University, has emphasised that the government did not succeed in its principal aim.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Not your retirement account, but a taxable brokerage account you can sell from without penalty, without delay and without taxes on the principal you put in.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
In 2009 she was appointed the principal advocate depute, becoming the first woman to be appointed to this post.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
At maturity, the principal amounts would be traded back.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
“Just like you don’t know who took my car apart and reassembled it in the library,” said the principal.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
Vocabulary lists containing principal
Some Tricky Homonyms
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
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