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principal

[prin-suh-puhl] / ˈprɪn sə pəl /




NOUN
original amount of property either owned or owed
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Ben Burpitt, the principal at North Mead Primary Academy, said recruiting those specialist teachers was the challenge.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Completing repayment of the 2027 notes means no further principal payments will be required until March 2028.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Virgin’s plan to redeem principal on its notes “strategically aligns” with its plans to ramp up space tourism flights, according to the company.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

“What’s at stake here is losing an entire generation,” said Ivo Visak, a former high-school principal who now runs Estonia’s AI Leap foundation, which partnered with OpenAI and Google on the rollouts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

“I want to thank each and every one of you for the maturity and dedication that you’ve shown over the past three weeks,” the principal concludes.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman




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