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regent

[ree-juhnt] / ˈri dʒənt /
NOUN
director
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In recent years, Levine has developed a friendship with another prominent bill proponent, Texas Tech regent and benefactor Cody Campbell.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

One regent signaled he is rethinking his own vote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

It added that Crown Prince Haakon, aged 53, will serve as regent while his father is on sick leave.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

“The disappearance of the regent honeyeater’s song is a cultural issue, too,” Mr. Hoffman writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

On many occasions, however, the regent would arrange for my mother and sisters to be brought to the Great Place.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

In 2021, the school’s board of regents approved the building of the 163,000-square-foot Leinweber Computer Science and Information Building.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

In his farewell address to the regents that October, he warned against allowing the Smithsonian to become seen as affiliated with one party or ideological bent.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

Among those summoned were members of the university’s board of regents, athletic director Warde Manuel and real estate tycoon Stephen Ross, the school’s biggest donor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Pro-testing professors have dominated public comment at earlier regents meetings, pointing to all eight Ivy League campuses, Caltech and Stanford, which reintroduced testing after dropping it around the pandemic over test access and equity concerns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

“You’ve got the royal family, the prince regents, Maer Alveron, Duchess Samista, Aculeus and Meluan Lackless...”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss


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