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regent

[ree-juhnt] / ˈri dʒənt /
NOUN
director
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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

For many Thai royalists, Princess Bajrakitiyabha seemed the most promising figure to succeed her father, either as queen or as a regent to help Prince Dipangkorn.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2026

The sole student regent position was approved by voters in 1974.

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2026

Built in 1938 with money from Berkeley regent William Crocker, the Crocker lab housed the new 60-inch atom smasher—the “Crocker Cracker”—in its two-story rear wing.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

The 27-page suit names the UC regents as defendants, along with physicians, nurses, clinical care partners and other officials who are identified as “Does 1-100.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

University of California math and science professors have urged UC regents to reinstate entrance exams because so many freshmen were unprepared.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

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

“I can see the regents being surprised that what they read in the newspapers about the testing debate is no longer true,” Stryker said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 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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