principal
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Sardina said her son was pulled out of class to speak to his school principal about the photo.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
“An investor could lose the full principal value of his/her investment within a single day if the price of the underlying security falls by more than 50% in one trading day.”
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
“The majority of incremental spend will go to the largest players,” said Sarah Marzano, vice president and principal analyst for retail media at Emarketer.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
People appearing before the ICJ, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, benefit from special legal protections.
From Barron's • May 9, 2026
“But not anymore. Now I’m the principal of my own school.”
From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
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