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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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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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Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
Eric Talley, a law professor at Columbia University, said some regulatory risks facing xAI may have to be shouldered by SpaceX investors.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
Mitch Zimmer, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2026
But this kind of shallow learning collapses under pressure — especially at the elite college level, where professors don’t care what your high school GPA was.
—Gerald Bradshaw, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
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Lifestyle factors are known to influence ischemic stroke risk, but the dietary benefit for hemorrhagic stroke is a new finding, added Wang, a professor in the division of health analytics at the City of Hope, a US cancer and diabetes research and treatment organization.
—Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
Eric Talley, a law professor at Columbia University, said some regulatory risks facing xAI may have to be shouldered by SpaceX investors.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
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In the 1970s, grades were posted on the professors’ doors.
—Mitch Zimmer, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2026
But this kind of shallow learning collapses under pressure — especially at the elite college level, where professors don’t care what your high school GPA was.
—Gerald Bradshaw, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
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“Professor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/professor. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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