professors

Definition of professorsnext
plural of professor

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Recent Examples of professors Instead of focusing primarily on outcomes, professors and clinics should be alert to burnout appearing not only as low performance but also as perfectionism, emotional shutdown, avoidance or people-pleasing. Sharon A. Kuhn, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026 Harvard’s professors clearly agree. Sage Lattman, airmail.news, 28 May 2026 Research from professors of sociology Alexandra Kalev at Tel Aviv University and Frank Dobbin at Harvard University found that corporate programs supporting work-life balance are more successful at promoting diversity among managers than the most popular racial equity initiatives. Beth Kowitt, Mercury News, 27 May 2026 The only people who truly need to know some subset of the Great Books are humanities majors, humanities PhDs, and humanities professors. Literary Hub, 26 May 2026 Reach out to your professors, your internship supervisors, your parents’ colleagues, your alumni network. Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2026 The study, released earlier this week, was a collaboration between professors in the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard, the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford and researchers at Dartmouth University. Samuel O’Neal 19, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 May 2026 By then, Leonard Jeffries was one of the most controversial college professors in the country. Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 18 May 2026 Today’s guest column is from professors John Cairney and Rick Burton. Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 18 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for professors
Noun
  • And a health system’s ability to schedule surgeries is gated not just by the availability of doctors and nurses, but also by its ability to maintain a constant flow of clean, reusable medical tools to its operating rooms.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2026
  • Inside, the ship functions like a floating city, with pilots, flight crews, cooks, doctors and firefighters all working around the clock while deployed around the world.
    Sarah Alegre, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • But if the online tool cannot be turned back on safely, school officials will work with deans, department heads, and instructors regarding alternate ways to end the semester, sharing more information before noon Sunday.
    William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026

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