emeritus
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Emeritus Professor Daphne Lee recalls that she and the late Professor Ewan Fordyce immediately recognized its significance.
From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026
Chairman Emeritus Rupert Murdoch visited Trump at the White House in February to warn how traditional TV networks could be priced out of the NFL due to competition from deep-pocketed streamers.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
"This is a schism, even if they don't want to say that," Diarmaid MacCulloch, Emeritus Professor of the History of the Church at the University of Oxford in England, told the BBC.
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026
Emeritus status is selective and requires approval at most universities.
From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026
Inside, he leaned between the front seats and said, “Peter Van Houten: Novelist Emeritus and Semiprofessional Disappointer.”
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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