regius professor

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Recent Examples of regius professor Kristian Skrede Gleditsch is regius professor of political science at the University of Essex and a research associate at the Peace Research Institute Oslo. — Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for regius professor
  1. professor
  2. doctor
  3. dean
  4. instructor
  5. educator
  6. schoolteacher
  7. don
Noun
  • More than simply creating programs, professors must try to prepare students for widely differing goals for using AI in their careers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Julianne Holt-Lunstad, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Brigham Young University, agrees the price of showing up has become its own barrier.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of professor
Noun
  • When reached by phone by CNN, one of the lead doctors for the trial, Yu Yongguo, declined to comment and hung up.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
  • That process happens anywhere in the world — including in the human gut, where microbes eat indigestible foods, and create a byproduct medical doctors might describe as flatulence.
    — Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
Definition of doctor
Noun
  • In 1986, she was appointed as the associate dean of arts and letters at the Kendall campus and 10 years later, Holloway was appointed academic dean at the Wolfson campus under then-president Eduardo Padron.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
  • Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of UC Berkeley Law (ACLU Presidential Prize); and Elizabeth Foster, a South Carolina advocate for the freedom to read (the also-new ACLU Next Generation Leader in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties award).
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 25 July 2026
Definition of dean
Noun
  • In recent years, nursing has become more technologically advanced, another draw for men, says Steven Parsons, a cardiovascular operating room nurse and adjunct instructor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
    — Andrea Hsu, NPR, 21 July 2026
  • Beyond her work in pageants, Malcolm was an actress, television presenter, and dance instructor.
    — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 20 July 2026
Definition of instructor
Noun
  • Villalobos’ plan is centered around the research of Canadian educator Michael Fullan and features four phases.
    — Austin Horn July 30, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
  • Fashion Britain will bring together cities, cultural institutions, retailers, designers, businesses, educators and local communities, and unlock opportunities for designers, strengthen local creative economies and inspire the next generation.
    — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 29 July 2026
Definition of educator
Noun
  • The retired schoolteacher had ridden at the more than 27,000-acre off-road area numerous times before and was eager to try out her new bike, a gray-and-white Kawasaki KLX 300R dirt bike, according to the outlets.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
  • Goforth retired from her job as a schoolteacher, most recently at Albert Baxter Elementary School in Bellflower, within the past two years, her daughter said.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
Definition of schoolteacher
Noun
  • On a warm summer day, dozens of Black horseback riders don boots, jeans, and cowboy hats and take to the asphalt streets of Chicago’s South Side, clopping past the vast blue expanse of Lake Michigan.
    — Sarah Enelow-Snyder, Midwest Living, 19 July 2026
  • This is not the guy you’re used to seeing don the green jacket at Augusta, and that’s the joke.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 July 2026
Definition of don

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