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principal

[prin-suh-puhl] / ˈprɪn sə pəl /




NOUN
original amount of property either owned or owed
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Team principal Andrea Stella is a measured man who chooses his words carefully, but his displeasure was clear.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

When you buy a bond, you’re lending money to the issuer who promises to pay you interest and return the principal when the bond matures on a set date.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

At a final construction update held near the crossing Thursday, Robert Rock, lead landscape architect and principal designer for the crossing, explained that the soil in the area is rich in clay and silt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Evan Schlossman, a principal at Neostellar, told MarketWatch that the report was more “a clarification of how revenue is reported, rather than a signal about underlying demand.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

The vice principal nodded and Coal bolted out of the office and into the hallway.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

But principals have told BBC News NI that it is not straightforward for schools to cut heating costs.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

We lengthened the school year, brought in hundreds of tutors, replaced 95% of principals and nearly half the teachers while retraining the rest, and embedded data-driven instruction and high expectations into daily practice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 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

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

“There were also several times I thought about sassing adults back, mostly teachers and principals at school. And I didn’t trust God on two occasions.”

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals




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