principal
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UC San Diego helped establish the observatory, and Brian Keating, a Distinguished Professor of Physics at the university, serves as its principal investigator.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
Anyone spending $5,000 on such speech would be required to file a state report disclosing the “name, address, occupation, employer, and principal place of business of each person that contributed $100.01 or more.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Margaret confronts the principal and tells him that Carrie was rattled by the drill and that the whole exercise is traumatizing to students.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
On Sunday, team principal Toto Wolff said Russell had struggled in Austin to get the right set-up on the Mercedes with the new upgrade package, which has been problematic since it was introduced in Malaysia.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
“Looks like Bert should be a teacher, too,” the principal told Mrs. Brisbane.
From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney
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And the union representative for school principals, Nicolas Bonnet, told broadcaster franceinfo that "to get out of this crisis, we will need something more than simple consultation periods".
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
“These were easy cases that came up and they were the principals running the business,” said Karen Burke, a tax law professor at the University of Florida.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
The principals settled on hosting Collins for a publicity event at Navatek’s Maine headquarters in August 2019, where she posed for pictures with Kao and a model of the company’s experimental boat.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Count on it if athletic directors and principals don’t take their jobs seriously to give scrutiny to transfer paperwork and make home visits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
"No one will even notice the principals, they'll be so busy looking at you."
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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