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professionalize

[pruh-fesh-uh-nl-ahyz] / prəˈfɛʃ ə nlˌaɪz /
VERB
increase the required knowledge and skill for an occupation's workers
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Backers, including venture capital investors and the YouTube star MrBeast, are now aiming to cash in by professionalizing the strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

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

It's not that love is not an important ingredient, but you can't manufacture love, and you should start with professionalizing the work.

From Salon • Dec. 4, 2022

Last year, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 803, the Peer Support Specialist Certification Program Act, which is the first step to professionalizing the work of peer support specialists.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2021

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

From The 1998 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency




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