principal

In a sentence

Six example sentences with principal, each labelled with its topic.

• Light from the courtyard is the principal feature of the house; every other design choice was made to serve it.

  Architecture

• Rising rents were the principal driver of the increase, dwarfing the smaller contributions from fuel and groceries.

  Economics

• Trade in salt, not gold, was the principal source of the empire's wealth; everything else brought in far less.

  History

• The principal cause of the coral bleaching was heat, with pollution playing a smaller part.

  Science

• Smoking remains the principal risk factor for the disease, outweighing diet and family history combined.

  Medicine

• The principal cellist leads the section's bowing, so every player's arm moves the same way on each phrase.

  Music

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More Academic words

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• assume