How to Use emeritus in a Sentence

emeritus

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• The board of 13 trustees and five of its emeritus trustees supported the name change, board member E. Smyth McKissick told the newspaper.
  — Stephanie Toone, ajc, 12 June 2020
• The 79-year-old will continue in an emeritus role with the program after he’s done coaching the U.S. Olympic men’s swimming team at the Tokyo.
  — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Mar. 2021
• Since the emeritus policy was adopted in 1997, the system has grown to seven schools.
  — Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 3 Sep. 2022
• Bonsack was a past chair and emeritus member of the private school’s Board of Trustees, as well as a parent of John Carroll alumni.
  — David Anderson, baltimoresun.com, 1 Oct. 2020
• Boston Court, wisely not wanting to let him out of the fold, had given him an emeritus title.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2021
• Moore plans to stay in his role through the end of the month then transition to a director emeritus role with the Oregon Zoo Foundation to help with fundraising.
  — oregonlive, 5 Aug. 2020
• With heavy hearts, the York Revolution announced today the passing of team dog emeritus Boomer.
  — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 6 Aug. 2020
• Krabbenhoft would become president emeritus if the deal goes through.
  — Joe Carlson, Star Tribune, 26 Oct. 2020
• But Davis, who is in her 70s and is an emeritus professor of pathology at Stockton, was different.
  — New York Times, 13 Aug. 2021
• Since taking emeritus status at Hendrix in late 2019, Barth has been the chief education officer for the city of Little Rock.
  — Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 10 Mar. 2022
• Once that selection is made, Marx will move into an emeritus role and assist with the transition in leadership.
  — Paul Walsh, Star Tribune, 6 Oct. 2020
• This is more of an emeritus nomination since Eagles fans really aren't that bad now.
  — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 20 May 2022
• Charles Snowden, lead author of the 2015 study and an emeritus professor in psychology, said that the scientists weren't trying to replicate cat sounds.
  — Fox News, 28 July 2022
• Earlier this year, Gousha took an emeritus title and became a senior adviser in law and public policy at the law school.
  — Bill Glauber, Journal Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2022
• Kent State emeritus professor Jerry Lewis, 82, was in the crowd that horrible, sunny day in May, serving as a faculty marshal.
  — Bob Dyer, cincinnati.com, 2 May 2020
• Woodward, 69, a painter and emeritus University of Alaska Fairbanks art professor, is guiding me on a walk through an unusual grove of trees.
  — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 19 June 2021
• Jean-Guy Nadeau, an emeritus professor of religious studies at the University of Montreal, lamented the lack of transparency in the case.
  — Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2022
• Church leaders said during the faith’s fall General Conference that Gay had been granted emeritus status, similar to semiretirement from the role’s day-to-day duties.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Dec. 2021
• Howard Schultz, the company’s chairman emeritus and previous chief executive, will return to the company next month as an interim CEO as part of a reset.
  — Heather Haddon, WSJ, 22 Mar. 2022
• Church leaders announced during the faith’s recent General Conference that he had been granted emeritus status, akin to semi-retirement from the role’s day-to-day duties.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Oct. 2021
• Sunday saw the final conference speech of Joseph W. Sitati, who was made an emeritus general authority.
  — Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Oct. 2022
• Caroline Freund will take office on July 1, succeeding Peter Cowhey, a trade expert who will become an emeritus member of the faculty.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2021
• Ars Technica reporter emeritus Jim Salter contributed to this report.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 25 Feb. 2022
• But the 2021 season, which ended recently, appeared to be much better, said David Yarborough, emeritus professor of horticulture with the University of Maine.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2021
• The message seems to get worse with each assessment, said Donald Wuebbles, emeritus professor of atmospheric science at the University of Illinois and a lead author of the state’s climate assessment.
  — Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 1 Mar. 2022
• Chris Caple, an emeritus archaeologist at Durham University, launched the new research project in hopes of shedding light on the mysterious artifact’s origins.
  — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Aug. 2020
• At restaurants farther from downtown, more trees offer the cicadas a place to land — and mate — so are more likely to see cicada action, notes Michael Raupp, an emeritus entomology professor at the University of Maryland.
  — Washington Post, 11 May 2021
• One possible way to adapt to climate change is by providing cool bedding for animals, a project touted by Bob Collier, a University of Arizona emeritus professor.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2019
• These days, Schwarzenegger’s own beautiful profession is to essentially be an emeritus version of himself.
  — Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2023
• Snow, an emeritus general authority Seventy, and other locals are no less thrilled to see their landmark temple reopen.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024