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profession

[pruh-fesh-uhn] / prəˈfɛʃ ən /




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“Many of the people that are at the absolute pinnacle of the economics profession … have such big egos that they look down at other people like, ‘I’m smarter than you,’” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Plaintiff’s attorneys say the legislative push is an attempt to clean up their profession’s image.

From Los Angeles Times

It is in response to fears that jobs or entire professions are being swept away in a wave of AI-powered automation.

From BBC

Like those works, “Reflections on Cinematography” offers enough technical arcana to keep colleagues in the profession and students of the craft enraptured.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yet starting in school, most kids’ first encounter with the helping professions, the face of mental health is increasingly female; in 2025, only 10% of school counselors were men.

From The Wall Street Journal