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principal

[prin-suh-puhl] / ˈprɪn sə pəl /




NOUN
original amount of property either owned or owed
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“Most mortgages are still under 7%, but we are getting close to hitting the number,” Michael Read, principal at Bridgeway Mortgage and Real Estate Services in Morristown, N.J., told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

Dr Craig Lowrey, principal consultant at Cornwall Insight, told the BBC on Thursday a fresh increase in wholesale prices would "increase pressure on our January price cap forecast".

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

Merav Opher, SHIELD's principal investigator at Boston University, and her colleagues simulated encounters between the solar system and extremely cold regions filled with gas and dust.

From Science Daily Sep. 2, 2026

At the Maria Cabrales school, principal Regla Maria Perera, 64, said there is an art to running a school that has no electricity and is not blessed with good natural light.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

In a strangely kind voice, the principal says, “Please don’t make this any more unpleasant than it already has to be.”

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

Francois Resnais, national secretary of SNPDEN-Unsa, France's top union of school principals, criticised the timing as "bad".

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

Among the principals, everyone—El-Sayed, Stevens, Chuck Schumer, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee—quickly got on the same team.

From Slate Aug. 8, 2026

“Couture’s” three principals rarely interact with one another, but those meaningful exchanges argue that, amid the mad clatter of the everyday, a brief, unguarded moment with a stranger can be supremely restorative.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

Mr. Smith has some very sympathetic, likable and, naturally, very good-looking principals on whom to hang his tale.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

First, Pendleton and Van Ness agreed that both principals fired their weapons.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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