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emeritus

[ih-mer-i-tuhs] / ɪˈmɛr ɪ təs /




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The Phoenix cubicle boom kicked off in the 1960s, when American Express opened a regional office here, said Philip VanderMeer, an emeritus history professor at Arizona State University.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Murdoch is chairman emeritus of both Fox and News Corp, parent of The Wall Street Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 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

President Trump is listed as a co-founder emeritus, as is Steve Witkoff, the real estate developer who serves as Trump’s Middle East envoy with responsibility for negotiating a peace deal with Iran.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

The encyclopedia's honorary chair is Edward Wilson, professor emeritus at Harvard University, who was the first to express the wish for such an encyclopedia, in an essay dated 2002.

From A Short History of EBooks by Lebert, Marie




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