principal
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Lucy's principal investigator is based at the Boulder, Colorado, office of the Southwest Research Institute, which is headquartered in San Antonio.
From Science Daily • Jun. 25, 2026
Dipanjan Chatterjee, vice president and principal analyst at market research firm Forrester, said he believed Apple's loyal customer base would take the financial hit without too much outcry.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026
Many others throughout the country -- particularly around the capital Tirana and Albania's principal port, Durres, were simply squatted.
From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026
For the better part of a century, the U.S. was the principal architect and guarantor of an open global economic system that delivered great benefits.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026
The vice principal nodded and Coal bolted out of the office and into the hallway.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
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