principal
Example Sentences
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Finally, the series rests on the shoulders of the three principal players, who are just a pleasure to watch; the camera obliges by moving in close.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
Prof Andy Schofield, the principal and vice chancellor at the university, said Commemoration Day would allow the university to "reflect on our remarkable history".
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
John Keller was principal deputy chief of the Public Integrity Section from 2020 to 2025 and was acting chief when he resigned in early 2025.
From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026
“It will get a lot easier to attack random pieces of infrastructure that no one was attacking before,” said Thomas Ptacek, a security researcher who is a principal at the cloud computing company Fly.io.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
But when they spy the principal, the news pours out of them.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
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