principal
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Gap that separates Europe from North America and is the principal Russian submarine route to the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Investor payouts, and the return of principal, ultimately hinges on how the underlying reference asset trades compared with predetermined levels.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
The three principal rivers and their tributaries — the Los Angeles, the San Gabriel and Santa Ana — joined into an inland sea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
The research is based on observations from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft and was led by SwRI Associate Vice President Dr. Alan Stern, principal investigator of the New Horizons mission.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
As I sit in the front office, waiting for the principal, I feel Inkling’s warm body press against my leg.
From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins
There have been some concerns this will place more pressure on school principals and teachers who are SEN coordinators in schools.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 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
Among the principals, everyone—El-Sayed, Stevens, Chuck Schumer, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee—quickly got on the same team.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2026
There are other characters who offer luminous assistance, but these are the principals in a musical tale built around Ali’s central relationships.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026
The students were nominated by their principals or guidance counselors and would stay with us until they graduated.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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