adjunct
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“The real attraction of professional sports is it seems somewhat recession-proof,” said James Adams, director of CFA program curriculum and an adjunct professor at New York University.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Elliott Hazen, an adjunct professor in the ecology and evolutionary biology department at the University of California, Santa Cruz, says that hasn't happened in a decade.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Still, he had to give up his job as an adjunct professor to make time for his caregiving responsibilities.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
Mr. Claybourn is an attorney in Indiana and an adjunct scholar with the Cato Institute.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
At home in Berkeley, he spent a weekend scouting locations for a heavy-water reactor, convinced that he was on the verge of securing the project as an adjunct to the Rad Lab.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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"Healthy dietary and lifestyle practices should remain the foundation for obesity treatment and management, with medications such as GLP-1 receptor agonists used as adjuncts."
From Science Daily ● Jan. 28, 2026
Administrators rely too heavily on student reviews when deciding whether to retain adjuncts, assistant professors and even associates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025
That’s what illustrations are for — as adjuncts to writing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024
Rather than seeing records as marketing adjuncts to concert tours, he showed that recordings could be the principal point of contact — in his case, the only point — between musicians and their fans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2024
I rang for the tea, and the waiter, reappearing with his magic clue, brought in by degrees some fifty adjuncts to that refreshment, but of tea not a glimpse.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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