It isn't much help, though, if you're trying to choose between phrases like "the principal reason" and "the principle reason." The intended meaning there is something like "main" or "most ...

That has been changed to “principal”, meaning the main one. The difference with principle, meaning basic rule, and which comes from the same Latin root (princeps, first, chief), is one of the ...

Yes — but a public official has to overreach drastically to hit that mark. Everett Middle School Principal Lena Van Haren did just that when she chose to withhold the results of her school’s ...

The efficiency principle is an economic tenet stating ... It assumes that consumers make decisions and trade-offs at the margin, meaning they carefully weigh the benefits of buying one additional ...