principal

Example Sentences

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When Andie defends herself from the girls bullying her in her gym class and gets sent to the principal’s office for it, she refuses to offer a polite apology.

From Salon

Unified career, Chait, a district parent, has served in various roles, including as elementary principal, regional superintendent and, more recently, heading operations — which oversees non-education matters, including making schools safe and welcoming.

From Los Angeles Times

Thomas R. Holtz Jr., a principal lecturer in the University of Maryland's Department of Geology, has spent years studying how dinosaurs functioned within their ecosystems and how those systems differed from today's world.

From Science Daily

Miss Allen was principal and teacher at Allen Female Seminary, a Rochester school that Maggie and Kate had attended from time to time.

From Literature

Jonathan Berkshire Miller, a principal at Ottawa-based Pendulum Geopolitical Advisory, said that, when Carney came to power last year, Canada found itself in conflict with the U.S.,

From The Wall Street Journal