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career

[kuh-reer] / kəˈrɪər /


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Local governments and universities have launched programs including career counseling, vocational training and AI-related courses aimed at preparing students for a changing labor market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

As job losses pile up, the typical milestones of adulthood—financial independence, a stable career, marriage, parenthood—are feeling out of reach for much of Gen Z.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

If so, it’d be quite the capper to a career that has netted him seven Oscar nominations, five for his screenplays and two for direction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Rodgers threw three touchdown passes to make it 582 in his career and move above the great Peyton Manning into third on the all-time list.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

It could be that this penury was the catalyst for Bobby’s often-criticized “greediness” later in his career.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Mentor is one of a growing number of athletes to consider fertility preservation during their careers, but the practice remains the subject of debate and experts stress it offers no guarantee of a future pregnancy.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

A weakened economy has shrunk the job market, just as record numbers of college graduates are looking to start their careers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

With decades-long careers in public office, both Jackson and Collins are striking a balance between defending their records and acknowledging that voters think the status quo is broken.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

“We’re all kind of in the prime of our careers, and we’re all evolving and continuing to get better and grow,” Snell said last weekend.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

I have been told that many distinguished Negroes whose careers have brought them South encounter similar difficulties.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

Two systems that could have slowed an Amazon Air flight that crashed in Miami over the weekend weren’t deployed before the plane careered off a runway and crashed into nearby vehicles, investigators said late Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Their running total of transfer fees long since careered past the £25m mark.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

In the latest incident in Leipzig, a Volkswagen Taigo car careered from a major square in the old town down a busy pedestrian zone, travelling hundreds of metres.

From Barron's ● May 4, 2026

"The jury and the organisers have decided to stop the race," they said as Austria's Nina Ortlieb and Marte Monsen of Norway had also careered off-piste.

From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026

Spurred on by the energy of fright it careered off like a runaway juggernaut.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

More than 1,400 people are confirmed to have died after a glacial collapse in the Himalayas sent vast quantities of water and debris careering down the Trishuli River valley, sweeping away settlements.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Being closer, or watching from the air, doesn’t diminish the awe one feels watching the waves, and the bodies within them, careering toward the Portuguese beach.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

The accident, which saw the picture-postcard 19th-century Gloria tramway hurtle into a building after careering off the rails, shocked the Portuguese capital, laying bare fears over the safety of the popular yet ageing tourist attraction.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025

Only after that point could turmoil begin: It was shattered by an impact and shifted outward to the asteroid belt, where subsequent impacts would have formed the Athor family and sent some careering toward Earth.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 16, 2024

Almost before Min had finished speaking, he was flying down the road with the cart careering crazily before him.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park




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