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British-born businessmen Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne said they each gave £36 million, equivalent to $48.7 million, to Reform UK to help professionalize the upstart party ahead of the next general election expected by 2029.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Harfuch "sought to professionalize, to modernize the intelligence agency to go after crimes," said Gerardo Rodriguez, an academic expert in national security who met Harfuch in 2018.

From Barron's ● May 10, 2026

One of the efforts to professionalize the process is ICEList, a web database created by Dominick Skinner, an Irish activist based in the Netherlands.

From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2026

For many of the program’s students, the schooling offers a chance to professionalize their passion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2026

Shawn wanted to professionalize the operation, to invest the profits from the Malad job in new equipment; Dad wanted things to stay the same.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

But as we round the first corner, almost all of the exhibits are the work of amateurs, conscripted from civilian life and professionalized into name, rank and number.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

As U.S. foreign policy became more professionalized, some historians have argued, the role of overseeing and executing it became a better fit for capable administrators than aspiring presidents.

From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026

Though the biggest change could come from outside the bowl system as college football moves to a more professionalized model and player compensation agreements mandate postseason participation.

From Seattle Times ● May 2, 2024

Iberdrola, an electric utility giant, and others stepped up with generous corporate support, a $10-million media-rights package was signed and the country’s women’s league was professionalized.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2023

Around this time—1834—the word scientist was first coined, beginning an era that gradually professionalized the study of the natural world, and began to divide it into ever more specialized fields.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

Delo said the funding would allow Reform to spend £1 million a month professionalizing the party ahead of the 2029 election.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

“It’s going to be huge because we are now professionalizing how we go to market, how we price things,” Cruz said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2025

At what point does professionalizing our personal lives leech them of any spirit or spontaneity?

From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2023

In the seventeenth century, as its enemies grew stronger, the empire became more inward-looking, focusing less on external expansion and more on resolving domestic affairs, professionalizing its bureaucracy, and conducting internal reforms.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

In 1996, the government focused its attention on implementing an ambitious economic reform program and professionalizing its parliament.

From The 1999 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency