principal part

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Even then, Salonga, who was the first Asian actress to land a principal part in the acclaimed musical, says her role was very much an "experiment".

From BBC • May 4, 2026

It’s no wonder that it became a principal part of the winter regimen.

From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2016

Last year, Ms. Miller, the lead in “Western,” performed the principal part in Balanchine’s “Walpurgisnacht Ballet.”

From New York Times • May 26, 2014

Maybe, more than tactics or anything, the principal part.

From The Guardian • May 12, 2013

I recommend you at all times to point chiefly at the quarters, with your guns slanting fore and aft; this is the principal part of a ship.

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