prof

noun

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as in professor

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  1. professor
  2. dean
  3. doctor
  4. instructor
Noun
  • Damrell has served as a judge in the Sacramento Superior Court since 2018, and is an adjunct professor at Lincoln Law School and visiting lecturer at UC Davis.
    — Haley Parsley August 9, Sacbee.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • After earning his medical degree from Columbia University and teaching there as an epidemiology professor, el Sayed became the youngest-ever health director of the Detroit Health Department at the age of 30, serving from 2015 to 2017.
    — Gabrielle M. Etzel, The Washington Examiner, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of professor
Noun
  • Pernkopf was a Nazi functionary who became dean of the medical faculty in 1938 and rector of the university in 1943.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Kuehl pivoted to academia, eventually becoming an associate dean of students at her alma mater, UCLA, before earning a law degree from Harvard in 1978 at age 34.
    — Sophie Clausen, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of dean
Noun
  • Hughes says that miscarriage concerns are common for pregnant women and that doctors are constantly discussing risks and benefits with their patients.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Wray said doctors told the family that only about 20% of her son's brain is functioning.
    — Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of doctor
Noun
  • By 2021 only 32% had that status, and the rest were adjunct instructors or contract faculty.
    — Paul Osterman, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026
  • At the time that the law firm's report was released, Clower's name was listed as an instructor on the website of a dance school for children and teenagers in Texas.
    — Ava Berger, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of instructor
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