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provost

[proh-vohst, prov-uhst, proh-voh] / ˈproʊ voʊst, ˈprɒv əst, ˈproʊ voʊ /


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Cal State Channel Islands has received roughly $40 million in HSI grant funding in the last decade, said Jessica Lavariega Monforti, the university’s provost.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

Mr. Halpern is the senior adviser to the provost at Yeshiva University.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

University exams scheduled for Saturday have been cancelled, provost Frank Doyle said.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025

Shawn Brick, UC’s associate vice provost for student financial aid, said in an interview that the change would not reduce UC’s focus on helping lower- and middle-income students.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

A punishment tour for Clevinger was fifty minutes of a weekend hour spent pacing back and forth before the provost marshal’s building with a ton of an unloaded rifle on his shoulder.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller



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