prof

Definition of profnext

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Noun
  • Jane Kirtley, a former reporter, lawyer and longtime UMN professor, was awarded the John Borger Lifetime Achievement Award Wednesday night.
    Mars King, Twin Cities, 28 May 2026
  • And as higher-income shoppers trade down from premium brands to cheaper alternatives, demand for lower-cost goods rises, said David Ortega, a food economics professor at Michigan State University.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 27 May 2026
Noun
  • Aleksandar Tomic, an economist and the associate dean for strategy, innovation, and technology at Boston College, told Fortune SpaceX’s prospectus leaves much up to the imagination.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 24 May 2026
  • Felicia Townsend, dean of the school, will serve as the moderator.
    Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2026
Noun
  • Some doctors employed wildly improbable cures when treating these pestilential tumors.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
  • Despite a viral online claim, scientists and doctors have repeatedly said the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin is not a proven treatment.
    Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Noun
  • But the former collegiate swimmer and aerobics instructor was none of those.
    Roni Robbins, AJC.com, 27 May 2026
  • Across Miami-Dade, driving-school instructors say the change has turned the path to a license into a longer, more expensive and more stressful process for immigrants and other limited-English speakers who need to drive to work, buy groceries, take children to school and get to appointments.
    Vera Lucia Pappaterra, Miami Herald, 27 May 2026
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