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professor

[pruh-fes-er] / prəˈfɛs ər /


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My experience as a college and graduate-level professor with freshman students has, at times, been horrific.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

“This is a bit unusual, fitting for this outbreak perhaps,” said Kalmia Kniel, professor of microbial food safety at the University of Delaware, by email.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

But it is also about power and political ideology, explained James Schamus, a screenwriter who once ran Focus Features and is now a Columbia University professor.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

An escalation on Washington’s part is also certain to spark a similar reaction from Tehran, said Vali Nasr, professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

Kontos enlisted the aid of Antonius Oikonomou, a professor of archaeology at the University of Athens.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

Rossin-Slater and Persson, now tenured professors at Stanford, didn’t respond to a request for comment.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Law professors and pundits often conflate these things, but they are not the same.

From Slate Jul. 20, 2026

Like college professors, hiring experts say they can tell when artificial intelligence does the writing.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

First-year students, according to thousands of professors, are arriving severely deficient in math and weak in writing skills.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

Thankfully one of my favorite professors, Professor Abrams, had been there that day, and he’d sat down with me and talked for hours about it all.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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