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provost

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


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Ms. Taylor retained her job under a new title, vice president and associate vice provost for opportunity, connections and success.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Jim Davis, the president there and Will Inboden, who’s the provost.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

“A UC degree, that has proven to pay dividends, is the gold standard for public higher education,” Han Mi Yoon-Wu, UC’s associate vice provost for systemwide undergraduate admissions, said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

A nearby church would become the cathedral and she would be provost instead of Rev Poobalan.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 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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