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adjunct

[aj-uhngkt] / ˈædʒ ʌŋkt /


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Many schools relied on adjunct professors during the boom to manage the influx of computer-science students, but those schools that added tenured faculty could be in a tight spot.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

The limits “cannot be clearly explained by differences in real or perceived quality in the instruction of full-time or adjunct faculty,” wrote Woodward, the department’s third-ranking official.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

An adjunct professor at Pepperdine’s Caruso School of Law, he’s taught ethics, antitrust, copyright and patent law.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Bring a little forgiveness to the picture, says Celeste Birkhofer, a clinical psychologist and adjunct clinical faculty member at Stanford Medical School who emphasizes grief counseling.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

Whereas color is an adjunct element to graphics and sometimes sculpture, it is indispensable to virtually all forms of painting.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

"Healthy dietary and lifestyle practices should remain the foundation for obesity treatment and management, with medications such as GLP-1 receptor agonists used as adjuncts."

From Science Daily ● Jan. 28, 2026

Administrators rely too heavily on student reviews when deciding whether to retain adjuncts, assistant professors and even associates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025

That’s what illustrations are for — as adjuncts to writing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024

Hiring adjuncts with industry experience could advise students how to find entry-level work in their future career.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2024

I rang for the tea, and the waiter, reappearing with his magic clue, brought in by degrees some fifty adjuncts to that refreshment, but of tea not a glimpse.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens


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