- a variation of dene.
dean
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SDU dean Jakob Grauslund said the trial had never started, no babies had been enrolled and no vaccinations administered as part of the research.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
People in Upper Midwest states might pay less, but households in Southern and Gulf Coast states might end up paying more, said Alexis Abramson, dean of the Columbia Climate School.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026
He became a dean at Cornell in 2007 and provost in 2015.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Danny Stockli, dean of the Jackson School of Geosciences and a co-author of the study, said zircon U-Pb dating offers one of the most accurate ways to determine when events occurred deep in Earth's past.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
“Or people, either, if you can help it. We re going to run a dean race. Just keep the distractions away and let me concentrate on driving.”
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
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The university also hired a new provost and new deans and reformed its discipline policies to make them “more consistent, fair and effective,” Garber has said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Now she is besieged by an array of faculty, unions and deans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
As part of the role, monarchs are responsible for approving the appointment of archbishops, bishops and deans on the recommendation of the prime minister.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026
“Provisional licensure would allow candidates with offers of employment contingent on bar passage to retain them,” the deans wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2025
The cost of cyclotrons already was raising the hackles of academic deans and presidents.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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