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regent

[ree-juhnt] / ˈri dʒənt /
NOUN
director
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Gov. Gavin Newsom, an ex officio regent who appoints 18 of the 26 board members, has not taken a position.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

His son, Crown Prince Haakon, 53, has been serving as regent while his father is on leave.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 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

The regent seemed greatly changed, or perhaps it was I who had changed.

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

Harvey K. Rosenbaum, an emeritus clinical professor of anesthesiology at UCLA’s medical school, thanked Frenk for his “forthright statement” during public comment at this week’s UC regents meetings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Bunch said his official response to the regents will “demonstrate that much of what was in the White House report was a mischaracterization of the Smithsonian and of the National Museum of American History.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 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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