adjunct
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Still, he had to give up his job as an adjunct professor to make time for his caregiving responsibilities.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
Cook, who also serves as an adjunct assistant professor in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, said the findings challenge common assumptions about aging and cognition.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 13, 2026
Bajaj, an adjunct professor at Stanford’s School of Medicine who previously co-founded Google’s life sciences division, said the company’s goal is to build AI systems that can assist throughout the entire engineering process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
The new union would cover more than 2,700 full-time, part-time and adjunct faculty across hundreds of disciplines in 22 schools and the USC libraries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
Despite his first, the study of English literature seemed in retrospect an absorbing parlor game, and reading books and having opinions about them, the desirable adjunct to a civilized existence.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
"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
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
Rather than seeing records as marketing adjuncts to concert tours, he showed that recordings could be the principal point of contact — in his case, the only point — between musicians and their fans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 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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