principal
adjective
first or highest in rank, importance, value, etc.; chief; foremost.
principals
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pluralof principal.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
We brought other volunteers to help us plan the movement of the principals on the street, the expected crowd, all the starts and stops where the press would have obvious positions for video.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
