profession
Example Sentences
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The latest annual data on teacher numbers, published last year, suggested the number of teachers leaving the profession had slightly improved in 2024-25, but remained high compared with previous years.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
JC: One gets the sense that living here triggered your choice of profession?
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
"I totally agree - the resident doctors deserve more money. They do, but I don't think people in that profession should be allowed to strike."
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
The entire legal profession has operated on this understanding for more than a decade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Jack’s favorite thing to do was to watch his grandfather paint the lettering on signs, which was his profession.
From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren
Vocabulary lists containing profession
Can I Work It? Words for "Job"
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"The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury
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"Democracy in America, Vol. 1" by Alexis de Tocqueville, Introduction–Chapter 5
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