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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

When his father became ill in 1990, the crown prince became regent.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 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

The 26-member Board of Regents has one voting student regent and one nonvoting student regent-designate, who trains for a year before taking the voting seat when the prior member cycles off.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

Piliso knew about Justice, as the regent had sent a letter months before making arrangements for him to receive a clerical job, the most coveted and respected job in the mine compound.

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

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

The regents cast the Wednesday discussions as the opening of a months-long process to evaluate testing and student preparation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

In one stroke, his misstep fractured his relations with the regents and alienated the faculty.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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