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professor

[pruh-fes-er] / prəˈfɛs ər /


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"All the things that we were promised since the 1950s, of space travel and flying cars... he's doing all of those things," said Andrew Selepak, a social media professor at the University of Florida.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

“It’s saying the quiet part out loud,” says Margaret O’Mara, a professor of history at the University of Washington who writes and teaches about the high-tech economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

The research was conducted in the laboratory of Yang Dan, a professor of neuroscience and of molecular and cell biology at UC Berkeley.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

“We know enough that people should be taking actions to reduce their exposures” to plastic, said Tracey Woodruff, a Stanford professor of epidemiology and population health.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Bobby’s opponent that night was the urbane college professor Donald Byrne, an international master, former U.S.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

The university's Faculty Senate, a governing body comprised of professors and other academic staff, will vote on a resolution of no confidence next week, according to reports.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

My English teachers and literature professors were probably too tired to parse such nuance, and I don’t blame them.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

Some professors might oppose civic-dialogue initiatives on their campuses, but students are the ones who have been pushing for better conversation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

AI’s ascent has been a puzzle for students, college professors and administrators who are trying to figure out if they should be embracing the technology or avoiding it.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

She said she had spoken to a professor at Houghton—one of my favorite professors, a woman from Kenya—to ask her why I had left school.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana


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