- a variation of dene.
dean
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A Syracuse spokeswoman said she wasn’t aware of Tavares’s recommendations on attracting international students and said the dean of admissions at that time is no longer at the university.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Mr. Deptula is dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies and a retired U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Minnie Driver is sadly underused as the school’s detached dean.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
She is a law professor and associate dean at Stanford.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
It was too late to visit the dean of Tuskegee, so I went to the bus station and boarded a bus for Atlanta, via Auburn, Alabama.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
This forces department chairs, deans, provosts and research vice presidents to own the veracity of every proposed publication.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
As part of the role, monarchs are responsible for approving the appointment of archbishops, bishops and deans on the recommendation of the prime minister.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026
In the months leading up to the exams, the deans of many of California’s top law schools flagged concerns to the State Bar.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2025
“Provisional licensure would allow candidates with offers of employment contingent on bar passage to retain them,” the deans wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2025
The cost of cyclotrons already was raising the hackles of academic deans and presidents.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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