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principal

[prin-suh-puhl] / ˈprɪn sə pəl /




NOUN
original amount of property either owned or owed
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“The direction of travel right now is definitely toward supply expansion,” said Adam Megginson, a principal analyst at Benchmark.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Tracy Woo, a principal analyst at Forrester, said Alphabet's disappointing search business results "highlights the challenge of funding massive AI investments while maintaining the strength of established businesses."

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Ten days later, he appeared on paperwork filed with the California secretary of state showing he is now the principal officer of Unidos.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

Every inch of its intimate sanctum contains the story of the venue’s principal owners, Quentin Ertel and Brian Rauschenbach.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

Mr. Arter, the principal, taught fifth through seventh in the other, educating Horace and Margaret, whom I called Sister.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

And the union representative for school principals, Nicolas Bonnet, told broadcaster franceinfo that "to get out of this crisis, we will need something more than simple consultation periods".

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

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

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 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

To scratch that fully voyeuristic itch, we often have to wait for merger and dealmaker principals to talk for themselves: the sit-down broadcast interviews; the expansive anecdotes from a panel stage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

“So I picked you,” Davis said to Katherine that day outside her classroom; two men, then working as principals in other parts of West Virginia, would join her.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly


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