as in doctor
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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Be Strong Families can help the professors put down the gauntlet and join the conversation.
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Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
The study’s biggest limitation is its focus on healthy young adults, said Glenn Gaesser, a professor of exercise physiology at Arizona State University who wasn’t involved in the research.
—Lindsey Leake, NBC news, 29 Apr. 2026
Development for the platform was led by University of Maryland computer science PhD student Sreyan Ghosh and his professor Ramani Duraiswami—with support from Nvidia researchers Arushi Goel, Zhifeng Kong, and Bryan Catanzaro.
—Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 29 Apr. 2026
Jon Meacham is a professor at Vanderbilt University.
—Jon Meacham, Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2026
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Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
The study’s biggest limitation is its focus on healthy young adults, said Glenn Gaesser, a professor of exercise physiology at Arizona State University who wasn’t involved in the research.
—Lindsey Leake, NBC news, 29 Apr. 2026
Development for the platform was led by University of Maryland computer science PhD student Sreyan Ghosh and his professor Ramani Duraiswami—with support from Nvidia researchers Arushi Goel, Zhifeng Kong, and Bryan Catanzaro.
—Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 29 Apr. 2026
Jon Meacham is a professor at Vanderbilt University.
—Jon Meacham, Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for professor
Noun
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The group contains multiple doctors and lawyers.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Washington Post,
28 Apr. 2026
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The Charlotte Observer spoke to North Carolina doctors about how to mitigate your colon cancer risk by eating less red meat, less ultraprocessed food and more fiber.—
Eva Flowe
April 28,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Possibly this was the case at élite law schools in the nineteen-nineties, where even the most obdurate deans could not afford to ignore their militant students indefinitely.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Many move around the country, going from deans to vice presidents, and on to president, and by that time they are conditioned to stay within the traditional behaviors of corporate expectations, where regularity is valued, and disruption is thought to create corporate liability.—
Matthew G. Andersson,
Hartford Courant,
3 May 2026
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