professorial
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As he’s spoken to audiences of government officials, diplomats, academics and journalists, Dans — who wears his Arctic commission lapel pin and exudes a professorial air — has also waded into foreign policy.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
The book’s style is more professorial than memoirist, and deals with themes from Aristotle and Plato to Hobbes, Nietzsche, Hegel and other more arcane philosophers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Nobody raises their voice; Weist answers the investigators’ litany of questions in an unwaveringly patient, professorial tone, much like the ones she used in her interview with me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
"I don't think he would ever call himself Dr. Seuss had it not been for being at Oxford and having the literary and professorial aspirations when he was there."
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026
His slightly bucktoothed grin projected an easy self-confidence; the round spectacles he wore from his schooldays gave him a professorial air even then.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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