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vocation

[voh-key-shuhn] / voʊˈkeɪ ʃən /


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For Crouse, the musical is about many things: music itself, of course, but also vocation, integrity and faith: “There was a lot for them to get their teeth into in terms of a story.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

Instead, the danger seems to be in hospitals, where people are suffering or dying, surrounded by doctors who could help them but are afraid that doing so will risk their freedom or vocation.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

Buying and selling gold has never been a busier vocation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Such suffering, however, did not distract him from his vocation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Mami would be sure I had a vocation.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer




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