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emeritus

[ih-mer-i-tuhs] / ɪˈmɛr ɪ təs /




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Mr. Schultz is a former CEO and chairman emeritus of Starbucks.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Jan Brueckner, emeritus economics professor at the University of California, Irvine, told AFP last week that the fuel price surge was "the straw that broke the camel's back."

From Barron's • May 2, 2026

"The results are a surprise. They turn our understanding of the evolution of the eye and the brain upside down," says Dan-E Nilsson, professor emeritus in sensory biology at Lund University.

From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026

“It’s spontaneous combustion,” said James Boles, a professor emeritus with UC Santa Barbara’s Earth Science Department.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

Dr. Wandless, the president emeritus, addressed her always as "My Lady of the Constellations," and told her solemnly that from much peering through the telescope she had coaxed the stars into her own eyes.

From A Hoosier Chronicle by Yohn, F. C. (Frederick Coffay)




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