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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
Math professors report that students racing through the calculus sequence arrive in college with dangerously weak algebra foundations.
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Scott White,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Because the schools have to pay the professors.
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Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
More than 200 billionaires reside in California, more than any other state, according to a group of law and economics professors at UC Berkeley, UC Davis and the University of Missouri who helped draft the billionaire tax proposal.
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Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2026
University professors folded Princeton’s climate plan into their lessons across the country.
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Maddie Stone,
ProPublica,
25 June 2026
The following year, she was expelled from Germany as one of many Jewish professors who lost their positions after Adolf Hitler came to power.
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Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
23 June 2026
The finding comes from a landmark study published June 17 in The Lancet by Queen Mary University of London professors Peter Sasieni and Milena Falcaro.
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Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
To meet this growing need, the College Board employs teams of teachers, professors, and testing experts to write the questions.
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The Week Us,
TheWeek,
22 June 2026
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
Scott White,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Because the schools have to pay the professors.
—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
More than 200 billionaires reside in California, more than any other state, according to a group of law and economics professors at UC Berkeley, UC Davis and the University of Missouri who helped draft the billionaire tax proposal.
—
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2026
University professors folded Princeton’s climate plan into their lessons across the country.
—
Maddie Stone,
ProPublica,
25 June 2026
The following year, she was expelled from Germany as one of many Jewish professors who lost their positions after Adolf Hitler came to power.
—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
23 June 2026
The finding comes from a landmark study published June 17 in The Lancet by Queen Mary University of London professors Peter Sasieni and Milena Falcaro.
—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
To meet this growing need, the College Board employs teams of teachers, professors, and testing experts to write the questions.
—
The Week Us,
TheWeek,
22 June 2026
College professors spend less time lecturing than a typical sportswriter creating fake controversies to criticize.
—
Ian Miller Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for professors
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These teams are working alongside tens of thousands of Venezuelan responders, including military personnel, police, firefighters, paramedics, doctors and psychologists.
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In 2016, Fitzpatrick had a 15½-hour surgery where doctors reconstructed half her tongue, using veins and arteries from her arm and thighs.
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Pageants, deans' lists, graduations or military enlistments are not accepted.
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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.
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