profession
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After joking that his daughter didn’t go into a profession that most Indian immigrant parents wish for their children, he explained that her full name — Nithya Varsha — means “forever monsoon” in Sanskrit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
The time and money it takes to gain a bar-exam-eligible legal education would decrease, and the legal profession would become more accessible to all students, particularly nontraditional students and those of limited financial means.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Burnt out teachers urgently need better working hours and more support to stop them leaving the profession, the Liberal Democrats say, as the new term approaches.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Quinta Brunson’s scraping schoolteacher Janine Teagues in “Abbott Elementary” hopes to grow into the roles modeled by classroom veterans before rent and bills push her out of the profession.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
A small detail, but I notice—anyone of my profession would.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
Some people he knows went into blue-collar professions, for example, and “it’s worked out great.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
The “relentless supply of new workers” is compressing wages across professions, said Saurabh Mukherjea, founder of Mumbai-based Marcellus Investment Managers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
It’s interesting to look back prior to 1960, 1950, and just see the professions and the things that justices did prior to being on the court.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
Since the rule change, non-graduate professions, such as shop managers, are no longer eligible to apply.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Several of them were teachers and preachers, or held well-established positions in other professions.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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