principal
Example Sentences
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And Mario Thompson, an elementary school principal who has been intimately involved in all his daughters’ careers, is having to negotiate all this on the fly.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026
Their principal value is adjusted upward when prices rise.
From Barron's • May 30, 2026
Indeed, goodness seems like too active a word for this novel; the principal virtue, instead, is solicitude.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
I have considered setting a fixed total principal contribution for each grandson, but that would inevitably be inequitable due to differences in investment returns.
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
“Patricia?” said Dr. Rosalia Lopez, the district school superintendent, after she found the Riverview principal in the bleachers.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
Vocabulary lists containing principal
Some Tricky Homonyms
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
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