professor

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Recent Examples of professor As a professor of science education, one of my goals while preparing future teachers is to introduce them to the characteristics of scientific knowledge and how it is developed. Ryan Summers, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025 The flirty blowhard with the goatee is a younger philosophy professor, Hank (Andrew Garfield), who signals their years of friendship (and maybe more) by propping his legs up against her on the couch. Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025 That’s the instant analysis about the three-day old federal shutdown’s political impact from Charles Turner, professor of political science at the University of California, Chico. David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025 For Hughes, the university’s mission should be about equipping students to think critically rather than insulating them from professors’ political beliefs. Julia Bonavita , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for professor
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Noun
  • The video went viral, triggering backlash from Republican lawmakers who called for McCoul to be fired and praised the fact that the school also demoted the College of Arts and Science’s dean and revoked administrative duties from a department head.
    Laura Gail Miller, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Clemens also claims in his suit that school dean Jed Atkins was using the messaging app Signal, known for end-to-end encryption for messages and calls and disappearing messages, to communicate with members of the board.
    Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But what’s most important is that women see a health care provider, that practitioners from dentists to primary care doctors know how to help, and that the treatment is covered.
    Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • And while representation for Black women doctors on HBO’s hit The Pitt is impressive, even with the controversial departure of Tracy Ifeachor, there are no Black male doctors on the show.
    Essence, Essence, 7 Oct. 2025

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