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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

Zhou said her peers rely on the student regent post to raise concerns about policing, student workers and student services.

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2026

“The Big Ten has expanded four times, adding seven schools, in the last 14 years,” said Jordan Acker, a regent at the University of Michigan, in a recent meeting.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 8, 2025

Neylan had been a regent for nearly a decade when the Harvard offer piqued his curiosity and brought him to the door of the Rad Lab.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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 admissions board will then turn to high school course requirements, submitting an initial report to the council in May 2027; the regents would take up any course changes at an unspecified later date.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

A UC faculty task force recommended keeping the SAT in 2020, but the regents overruled it and voted to develop a UC-specific test that a committee later determined would take too long to create.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

The regents are scheduled to discuss the course requirements Wednesday in a public session.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

The expense of fending off Harvard awakened the University of California regents to the presence of a prodigy on their payroll.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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