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
Personal curriculums attempt to recreate the structure of academia — without professors or classmates.
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Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
The 418-page document took 18 months to complete and was unveiled by co-chairs Anne Burke and Karen Goodnough, both professors at Memorial University's Faculty of Education, alongside Education Minister Bernard Davis.
—ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
At too many colleges, leaders have been reluctant to impose strict rules or harsh penalties for chatbot use, passing the buck to professors to come up with their own policies.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025
Ask professors or advisors to review your materials and provide feedback.
—Johnny C. Taylor Jr, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Almost two weeks after his at-home piano concert, which also featured Stanford University professors giving brief inspirational speeches between songs, Radhakrishna was almost halfway to his $100,000 fundraising goal.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
The upcoming Harry Potter audiobooks are finally giving voice to their Hogwarts professors.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
With no history students, administrators can justify fewer history professors and no history departments.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
University administrators should support tough professors and resist the temptation to placate grumbling undergraduates.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
The 418-page document took 18 months to complete and was unveiled by co-chairs Anne Burke and Karen Goodnough, both professors at Memorial University's Faculty of Education, alongside Education Minister Bernard Davis.
—ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
At too many colleges, leaders have been reluctant to impose strict rules or harsh penalties for chatbot use, passing the buck to professors to come up with their own policies.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025
Ask professors or advisors to review your materials and provide feedback.
—Johnny C. Taylor Jr, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Almost two weeks after his at-home piano concert, which also featured Stanford University professors giving brief inspirational speeches between songs, Radhakrishna was almost halfway to his $100,000 fundraising goal.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
The upcoming Harry Potter audiobooks are finally giving voice to their Hogwarts professors.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
With no history students, administrators can justify fewer history professors and no history departments.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
University administrators should support tough professors and resist the temptation to placate grumbling undergraduates.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for professors
Noun
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But what doctors have recently uncovered is that dropping estrogen levels around this period might also spell trouble for women’s brain health.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
15 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement Now, in The Pitt, his character is mentoring other young doctors—so much so that the estate of ER creator Michael Crichton has called The Pitt an ER-spinoff.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The university’s central office and the deans’ offices are working to eliminate administration positions, officials added.—
Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Professors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/professors. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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