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as in declaration
a solemn and often public declaration of the truth or existence of something
the weekly profession of faith by the members of the congregation
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as in vocation
the activity by which one regularly makes a living
a gifted communicator, he was very good at his chosen profession: teaching
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Recent Examples of profession
This equates to a raise of about 5 percent across professions, including teachers, bureaucrats and police officers.
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Hugh Cameron, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
Folks indicate their pickup and drop-off points and times and their profession, as first responders and healthcare workers are the Snow Squad's top priority.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
This section of TurboTax starts by asking for your profession and posing standard small business questions.
—PCMAG, 5 Jan. 2025
Certainly, there are moments throughout The Pitt that riff on Wyle’s screen history with this profession.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 3 Jan. 2025
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Hugh Cameron, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
Folks indicate their pickup and drop-off points and times and their profession, as first responders and healthcare workers are the Snow Squad's top priority.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
This section of TurboTax starts by asking for your profession and posing standard small business questions.
—PCMAG, 5 Jan. 2025
Certainly, there are moments throughout The Pitt that riff on Wyle’s screen history with this profession.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for profession
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The president approved California Gov. Gavin Newsom's request for a presidential major disaster declaration, freeing up federal resources to support the response.Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2025
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In Gaza, civilians expressed frustration over Trump’s recent declarations.Dayana Iwaza, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Many are grappling with declining vocations, aging memberships, and financial challenges.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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Beyond the novelty of LG’s creation, the technology could have countless uses in various vocations.Martin Lerma, Robb Report, 19 Nov. 2024
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Whether Fox has performance reviews and related materials found in personnel files to support that assertion remains to be seen.Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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Zionism is the modern enactment of Hanukkah’s assertion of the right to Jewish independence, and the necessity of the Jewish state even for Jews outside of Israel.Jon Levin, National Review, 25 Dec. 2024
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In contrast, the number of cleaners and janitors remained stable, indicating that frontline service occupations were not significantly affected.London School of Economics, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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But Poilievre’s endorsement of the occupation of Ottawa by a convoy of truckers during the pandemic—unpopular in the country, but popular in his party—was seen as pandering of a kind and had a note of Foxy demagoguery about it that was largely new to Canada.Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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To give you the Reader’s Digest version, though, Sweeney, whose insistence on having breasts has prompted some of the most unhinged discourse of 2024, posted dozens of shots from tabloid comment sections (the unhappiest place on earth, except for X).Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2024
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Julie Christie and Kate Winslet are wonderful as Gertrude and Ophelia, but his insistence on star casting finally gets the better of him.Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
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The Research Brief is a short take on interesting academic work.Joseph Cimpian, The Conversation, 8 Jan. 2025
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First performed in 1927, Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II’s work is a pioneering tale of romance, race and American culture at a turning point.Joshua Barone, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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What People Are Saying United Steelworkers President David McCall dismissed the claims on Monday, describing them as unfounded.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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To back up his claim, the Chicago Bulls player shared screenshots of his own DMs and even provided a tutorial on how to fake direct message exchanges.Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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What are the terms of any new employment agreements with or offer letters to key management of the seller?AllBusiness, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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December ostensibly marked a return to a more stable labor market after Southeast hurricanes and worker strikes hammered employment totals in October, leading to higher-than-normal payroll gains the following month.Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Profession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profession. Accessed 14 Jan. 2025.
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