as in dean
a teacher especially of the highest rank at a college or university
a professor of chemistry Professor Williams will be teaching the class.
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Hiroshi Shiratori, a political science professor from Hosei University in Tokyo, said Japanese voters are not ready for a party so dependent on AI.
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Chris Lau, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
One member, Retsef Levi, an MIT professor of operations management, drove much of the discussion leading up the votes on COVID-19, which were not shared publicly until Levi presented them at the end of the meeting.
—Will Stone, NPR, 19 Sep. 2025
As a father of two girls and two boys and a professor to 25,000 Stanford students or more, and taught 1000s of elementary and high school students look girls and boys are.
—Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
Pannaraj is a pediatric infectious diseases specialist at Rady Children’s Health in San Diego, a professor of pediatrics at UC San Diego and mother of three children.
—Pia Pannaraj, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
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Chris Lau, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
One member, Retsef Levi, an MIT professor of operations management, drove much of the discussion leading up the votes on COVID-19, which were not shared publicly until Levi presented them at the end of the meeting.
—Will Stone, NPR, 19 Sep. 2025
As a father of two girls and two boys and a professor to 25,000 Stanford students or more, and taught 1000s of elementary and high school students look girls and boys are.
—Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
Pannaraj is a pediatric infectious diseases specialist at Rady Children’s Health in San Diego, a professor of pediatrics at UC San Diego and mother of three children.
—Pia Pannaraj, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for professor
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News reports chronicle backlash against a MSNBC analyst, a Middle Tennessee State University assistant dean of students, a University of Mississippi employee and a communications coordinator for the Carolina Panthers.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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The professor promptly lost her job, and the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and the head of the English department were both removed from their positions.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
13 Sep. 2025
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This includes reducing the documentation burden for doctors and cutting different types of paperwork that nurses have to do.—
Lauren Giella,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Abnormal liver function tests, otherwise known as LFTs, can prompt your doctor to check your liver more carefully.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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