principals

plural of principal
as in stars
the person who has the most important role in a play, movie, or TV show my cousin is one of the principals in a new sitcom this fall

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Recent Examples of principals As there is a need for STEM and understanding the diverse population of 196, principals and building leadership teams could better utilize their community for resources in professional development. Pioneer Press Elections Team, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 2025 In the absence of all these things, the deal depends almost entirely on Trump maintaining pressure on the principals. Bobby Ghosh, Time, 14 Oct. 2025 The principals are in discussions with numerous debt providers to supplement their capital stack and are in conversations with music catalog owners to acquire their copyright libraries. Thania Garcia, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025 Thoma Bravo founder Orlando Bravo told CNBC on Tuesday that AI valuations are in a bubble and an Information report questioned the profitability of Oracle's cloud business Maja Vujinovic of FG Nexus said Wednesday that AI is in the early stages but sees a few principals all investors should follow. Frank Holland, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025 While teacher turnover has declined, the rate for principals and superintendents has risen. Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025 Schools must follow state mandates on instructional hours, but states typically don’t set strict rules on how long a lunch period should be, so some principals whittle it down to twenty or twenty-five minutes. Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025 After a week-long nomination period, The Tennessean received four responses from guidance counselors, coaches, teachers and principals. Gabrielle Chenault, Nashville Tennessean, 29 Sep. 2025 Even before the book’s release, some excerpts were already causing friction among the party’s top principals. Amie Parnes, The Hill, 22 Sep. 2025
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stars
Noun
  • Elordi was among the stable of young stars who shot to fame when Euphoria premiered on HBO in 2019.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
  • In Hubble's recent image, NGC 6951 unfurls its graceful spiral arms, covered in red nebulae glowing with hydrogen gas, a key fuel for new stars.
    Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Principals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/principals. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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