principal
Example Sentences
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It guarantees you will never lose your principal investment if the stock market crashes.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026
Letters of support include one from the family of James B. Taylor, Locke’s first principal when the school opened in 1967.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Tencent says it currently has an aggregate principal amount of US$17.51 billion in outstanding notes under the program.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
"Russia has been and will remain our strategic partner and principal economic partner," he said.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
The principal phoned the police department, but the police said they were too busy to send anyone over.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
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