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Low-level clerks are familiar figures in literature, perhaps because many of the authors of such works, including Saramago, had once been of the same profession.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

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

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

However, due to her profession, Leah was both guarded and attempting to persuade the public with every word she wrote.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Some people he knows went into blue-collar professions, for example, and “it’s worked out great.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 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

Different professions seem to have different proportions of beard-wearing members.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Reports of women in science and other important professions occurred frequently, but there was also much discussion about the differences.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson