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regent

[ree-juhnt] / ˈri dʒənt /
NOUN
director
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A similar UC measure to add another student regent failed five years ago.

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2026

“The Big Ten has expanded four times, adding seven schools, in the last 14 years,” said Jordan Acker, a regent at the University of Michigan, in a recent meeting.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 8, 2025

West Bandung regent Jeje Ritchie Ismail said his party had declared the mass poisoning in Cipongkor "an extraordinary event so that handling can be faster and more comprehensive".

From BBC Sep. 25, 2025

“The regents will make this decision with the input of the governor,” said former regent George Kieffer, who chaired the board during the first Trump administration and ended his term in 2021.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2025

If Oak was the High King, then Madoc could be the regent.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

The UC regents chair set a firm and fast deadline for a faculty recommendation on the use of SAT scores in admissions.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

A UC faculty task force recommended keeping the SAT in 2020, but the regents overruled it and voted to develop a UC-specific test that a committee later determined would take too long to create.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

The regents are scheduled to discuss the course requirements Wednesday in a public session.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

At the University of California, hundreds of professors wrote a letter last week urging the UC regents to reinstate entrance-exam requirements.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 3, 2026

On campus, he would be seen as the outstanding villain of the affair, and not without reason: at his behest, the regents would fire thirty-one nonsigners in 1950.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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