profession
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Ippolito has maintained that casual can-do attitude about the profession, taking classes and working with acting coaches along the way, but “The Offer” and “I Play Rocky” have become calling cards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
It is just one example of how technology is changing the traditional profession.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
He could determine a man’s profession from the wear pattern on his trousers, from whether he was lightly or deeply tanned, or from which parts of his hands were callused.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
"Over the past 10 to 12 years, attitudes have changed and many women have chosen to enter the culinary profession," said Ecole Ducasse's Aabhas Jain.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
He was the reason Atticus did not marry until he was forty—when the time came for John Hale Finch to choose a profession, he chose medicine.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
At City Spa, the clientele spans generations and professions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
She says those working in caring professions such as medicine, nursing and teaching have a particular tendency towards this.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
A college degree may lead to greater lifetime earnings in some professions, but what about the rest of the wealth picture?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Licensing keeps capable people out of professions they could otherwise enter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
These were the fields that brought them to America, his father repeatedly reminds him, the professions that have earned them security and respect.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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