principal

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That gap has narrowed rapidly, thanks to work McLaren has done alongside Mercedes, to the extent that team principal Andrea Stella said in Japan that he "didn't think that we have left much unexploited".

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

These findings are the result of nearly ten years of collaborative work between Araneda's lab at UMD and the laboratory of María de los Ángeles García-Robles at the University of Concepción, the project's principal investigator.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

Easter, the principal holiday of the Christian church, celebrates the resurrection of Jesus.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

The two picks were named co-CEOs while Overdeck and Siegel remained Two Sigma’s principal owners and co-chairmen, maintaining indirect control over the firm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Sister would teach elementary school in West Virginia, and Charlie would become a principal, then administrator in North Carolina.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson