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professor

[pruh-fes-er] / prəˈfɛs ər /


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Jonathan Scourfield, professor of Social Care at Cardiff University, said: "Young men, in particular, are much more likely to get injured and die from physical risk taking. The expectation of physical strength."

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

“The script has sort of flipped, but you still have the same cultural dynamics at play,” said University of Colorado law professor Scott Skinner-Thompson.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Brian Oswald, a 69-year-old retired forestry professor from Nacogdoches, Texas, came straight to Oktoberfest after landing on an overnight flight from the United States.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Alexis Yim, a marketing professor at Radford University who co-authored a study on how cuteness impacts relationships with AI agents, said that “cute, appealing appearances” can activate the reward-related areas of the brain.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026

Leopold Kronecker was an eminent professor at the University of Berlin, and one of Cantor’s teachers.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Mr. Dillon, a former federal prosecutor, is a partner at Dillon PLLC, where he represents students and professors in campus misconduct cases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

My English teachers and literature professors were probably too tired to parse such nuance, and I don’t blame them.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

The Penningtons are a married pair of professors whose lives will unravel after Dava’s diagnosis with cognitive decline.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

AI’s ascent has been a puzzle for students, college professors and administrators who are trying to figure out if they should be embracing the technology or avoiding it.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

It was one thing when someone was telling her stories about some weird old professors, or even her own family members.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older




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