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adjunct

[aj-uhngkt] / ˈædʒ ʌŋkt /


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M.P.H., director of the University of Victoria's Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research and an adjunct professor at Boston University.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

She spent six years as an adjunct professor teaching criminal procedure and litigation at Southwestern Law School.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Dr. Shaywitz is chief medical scientist at Lore Health, a lecturer in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School, and an adjunct fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 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

Over time, observation became an adjunct to experiment, both producing reliable facts in place of the unreliable, unspecific ‘experience’ which underlay so much classical and medieval discussion.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

He said hiring adjuncts with industry experience could enhance student success.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

"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

The medical school’s full-time faculty numbers more than 2,000, with an additional 2,000 to 2,500 part-timers or adjuncts.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 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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