prof

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  1. professor
  2. dean
  3. doctor
  4. instructor
Noun
  • Chet Strange | Bloomberg | Getty Images FBI agents executed search warrants Friday at two homes owned by computer science professor XiaoFeng Wang and his wife, who both work at Indiana University, authorities said, as questions swirled over their status at the school on Monday.
    — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2025
  • In this novel, a detective, a tabloid journalist, and a professor become obsessed with a string of strange and gruesome killings.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
Definition of professor
Noun
  • Davis has since worked as a professor, a dean and a university president.
    — Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Another dean, Sinclair, took Lyle into an office to wait for Anderson, who still couldn’t be reached, according to the complaint.
    — Jessica Seaman, The Denver Post, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of dean
Noun
  • Things got so bad that Devine’s doctors diagnosed him with Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS), more formally known as Moersch-Woltman Syndrome.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2025
  • In the rare instances in which night terrors persist in older kids, doctors can sometimes prescribe appropriate medicines.
    — David Metzger, Parents, 3 Apr. 2025
Definition of doctor
Noun
  • Little kids can learn to ski here with a individual or group lesson, and the instructors are extraordinary both in terms of getting on the student’s individual wavelength and teaching foundational skills that will last a lifetime.
    — Kim Westerman, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Rhonda Stewart is a senior instructor/associate professor at Johnson & Wales University, Charlotte Campus.
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 27 Mar. 2025
Definition of instructor
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