as in doctors
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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Recent Examples of professors
College professors spend less time lecturing than a typical sportswriter creating fake controversies to criticize.
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Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
Blanchett follows in a line of previous visiting professors including Stephen Sondheim, Ian McKellen, Arthur Miller, Meera Syal, Tom Stoppard, Adjoa Andoh, Stephen Fry, Diana Rigg, Trevor Nunn and Deborah Warner, among others.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 15 June 2026
Tobias Wolff was one of the other professors there.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2026
For all but a few professions (airline pilot, air-traffic controller), Congress eliminated mandatory retirement in 1986, deeming it age discrimination; between 2000 and 2010, the number of college professors over the age of sixty-five doubled.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 12 June 2026
Some students worry about saying the wrong thing, not choosing the right classes with the best professors, finding friends, or navigating campus.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 11 June 2026
In their new book from University of California Press, professors Banks and Fortmueller dive into how the rise of streaming services — alongside COVID-19, the #MeToo movement and other factors — have forever changed the way Hollywood works.
—Michael Schaub, Oc Register, 11 June 2026
Pressure is mounting from more than 1,400 UC professors, and some internal studies show students performing below high school math levels.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
But working with Harvard professors to finish his degree remotely actually helped revive him on the field.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 10 June 2026
Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
Blanchett follows in a line of previous visiting professors including Stephen Sondheim, Ian McKellen, Arthur Miller, Meera Syal, Tom Stoppard, Adjoa Andoh, Stephen Fry, Diana Rigg, Trevor Nunn and Deborah Warner, among others.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 15 June 2026
Tobias Wolff was one of the other professors there.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2026
For all but a few professions (airline pilot, air-traffic controller), Congress eliminated mandatory retirement in 1986, deeming it age discrimination; between 2000 and 2010, the number of college professors over the age of sixty-five doubled.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 12 June 2026
Some students worry about saying the wrong thing, not choosing the right classes with the best professors, finding friends, or navigating campus.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 11 June 2026
In their new book from University of California Press, professors Banks and Fortmueller dive into how the rise of streaming services — alongside COVID-19, the #MeToo movement and other factors — have forever changed the way Hollywood works.
—Michael Schaub, Oc Register, 11 June 2026
Pressure is mounting from more than 1,400 UC professors, and some internal studies show students performing below high school math levels.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
But working with Harvard professors to finish his degree remotely actually helped revive him on the field.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 10 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for professors
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AIs will be our friends, our confidants, our therapists, our doctors, our employees, our business partners—and yes, in many cases, our romantic partners and lovers.—
Rob Toews,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2026
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After four days in intensive care, doctors determined Jaxon had no brain activity and removed him from life support.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
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Pageants, deans' lists, graduations or military enlistments are not accepted.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 June 2026
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Lloyd was born in Berkeley and raised in Lafayette by his parents, Lester Lloyd, one of the deans of the San Francisco printing industry, and Mildred Lloyd, a librarian at Stanley Middle School.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
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