profession
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Instead of assuming you’ll earn steadily more as you advance in your profession, you plan for sudden job loss, a health crisis or some other life-changing adverse event.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026
Don’t expect members of my profession to track down the story.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
It's important women have the option to enter the profession, said Yang Mengchen, who leads another all-women repair and appliance cleaning team.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
And by avoiding the title “teacher,” the models can inadvertently minimize the profession, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
Cyrus had decided that even though the army was not perfect, it was still the only honorable profession for a man.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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Many of the New York Alpha families work in finance, including venture capital, or are entrepreneurs, while the Bay Area ones are largely made up of people in tech-related professions, adds Davlantes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
He questioned whether schools were preparing pupils for working life, pointing out that professions such as farming, nursing and medicine continued in hot weather.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
Associations representing nurses and other professions subject to the lower limit challenged the agency’s definition of professional program.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
The think-tank has examined how the technology could help or harm dozens of professions -- from cobblers to sewer cleaners, farmers to tea sellers.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
“Tomorrow, in their first act as members, our top ten initiates will choose their professions, in the order of how they are ranked,” Eric says.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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