principal
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“What has emerged is what I would call the upper-middle-class option,” said Ted Rossman, principal consumer finance analyst at Money Management International, a credit-counseling organization.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
After emigrating from Russia as a child, Arkatov became the principal cellist at the Pittsburgh and San Francisco symphonies before landing in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Benjamin Barker, principal at King's Leadership Academy in Liverpool, says he wants his students to learn how to use tools safely, while also developing their critical thinking skills.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Power of attorney is set up by the principal — that is, the person who expects to need care and help with decision making as they get older.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
An autographed pointe shoe from Noelani Pantastico, my favorite principal dancer.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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
But the risk of exclusion is always there, as when Walmart failed to secure Rachel McAdams to reprise her Regina George character for its ad bringing together the rest of the “Mean Girls” principals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 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
The royal visit also coincided with the start of the Jethart Callant's Festival with the town's principals arriving on horseback to meet His Majesty.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
You would sit next to the principals at the proms.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
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