prof

noun

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as in professor

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  1. professor
  2. dean
  3. doctor
  4. instructor
Noun
  • Beginning Monday, the focus shifts to whether there is enough evidence for a trial and if the death penalty is warranted, said Paul Cassell, a University of Utah law professor and former federal judge.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 July 2026
  • Melinda Moore, a psychology professor at Eastern Kentucky University, noted that most clergy and faith leaders receive little or no training in pastoral care for those who are suicidal or suicide-bereaved.
    — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of professor
Noun
  • Ian Williamson, dean of the business school, said the new federal policy played a role in the decision as well as student scheduling preferences.
    — Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • But Erwin Chemerinsky, Berkeley’s law school dean, said Trump still won most of the cases the court decided either after oral arguments or through emergency appeals the administration brought.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Definition of dean
Noun
  • Then the 1815 Apothecaries’ Act in Britain required doctors to learn botany, and the demand for lectures surged, among both students and interested outsiders.
    — Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 16 July 2026
  • Jackson and its Miami Transplant Institute, for example, use doctors from the University of Miami Health System.
    — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
Definition of doctor
Noun
  • The Piper Tomahawk had been taken on a test flight by a flying instructor in his 20s after a part was replaced on the plane, the airline said.
    — Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
  • Best Manduka yoga mats This yoga mat is highly recommended by yoga instructors.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 14 July 2026
Definition of instructor
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