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vocation

[voh-key-shuhn] / voʊˈkeɪ ʃən /


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Performing, Midler adds, “isn’t a job with him — it’s a vocation, a calling.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Her return visit to Auschwitz, around the same time, dissolved much of her angst, allowing her to pursue her vocation with greater self-confidence.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

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

And business is a real vocation for a lot of people.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2026

Mr. St. John had said nothing to me yet about the employment he had promised to obtain for me; yet it became urgent that I should have a vocation of some kind.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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