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professor

noun

Definition of professor

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a teacher especially of the highest rank at a college or university a professor of chemistry Professor Williams will be teaching the class.

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Recent Examples of professor On Wednesday, Santa Clara University professors Robert Senkewicz and Rose Marie Beebe will explore how these parallel histories had a lasting impact on Native Peoples at the Los Altos History Museum. — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2026 Seventy million barrels is the strict physical minimum needed at the top of the caverns to keep the extraction pipes safely submerged in oil rather than water, said Siddharth Misra, a petroleum engineering professor at Texas A&M University. — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2026 For decades, Heilmann supported her practice as a professor, first at Stony Brook University and later at the School of Visual Arts in New York. — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 15 Aug. 2026 As rents spike, increasing costs can drive away the usual clientele of botánicas, said Edwin Aponte, professor of religion and culture at Drew University in New Jersey. — Delia Sauer, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for professor

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A lot of great people — doctors, nurses, administration — who really, really cared.

— Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Merck and Moderna’s success with a personalized cancer vaccine designed to keep melanoma at bay opens a new avenue of treatment that doctors hope will work against many types of tumors.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

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Davis had a close friendship with Sam Goren, the Pembroke Pines city attorney and dean of local government lawyers in Broward.

— Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
According to Coin, James Spencer went on to become a commander in the Navy and a dean and provost at Cornell University.

— Katie Howe, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

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