profession
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In “The Shift,” she compresses the challenge of an entire profession into a single 12-hour shift on a hospital cancer ward.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Within a legal profession that venerates judges and worships the Supreme Court, this is borderline heresy.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
A brief attempt at a career in the legal profession was cut short after he failed his first year at law school.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Instead of assuming you’ll earn steadily more as you advance in your profession, you plan for sudden job loss, a health crisis or some other life-changing adverse event.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026
She had no understanding of her husband’s work and, having been raised among the minor rural gentry, she despised his impecunious profession.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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The activist said he’s seen AI affect ride-hail drivers, therapists, architects, designers and other professions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
That dichotomy proved controversial because it left certain programs, like graduate-level training for nurses and physician assistants, out of the group of professions eligible for the higher limits.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
But the salaries and benefits offered by BAE draw workers from other professions, leaving the town bereft of mechanics, driving instructors and nurses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
The think-tank has examined how the technology could help or harm dozens of professions -- from cobblers to sewer cleaners, farmers to tea sellers.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
Powell did not get Speedy’s words just then, though he heard something that resembled, “Lover’s professions when uttered in Hessians.”
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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