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lecturer

[lek-cher-er] / ˈlɛk tʃər ər /
NOUN
teacher
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Alfozan grew up in an eastern province of Saudi Arabia, where his father was a lecturer at a technical college, he said in the podcast interview.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Dr Simon Thorne, a senior computer science lecturer at Cardiff School of Technologies, urged people, as a general rule, to "never upload any personable identifiable photos".

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

“Loneliness is so connected to mental and physical health that it’s consequential,” said Richard Weissbourd, senior lecturer and faculty director for the Making Caring Common Project, a program of the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

"I don't think she necessarily has to get rid of him," said Marta Lorimer, lecturer in politics at Cardiff University.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

“And Helen must have been a guest lecturer in my class that day.”

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

In June, about 70% of voting non-tenure-track faculty approved unionizing under United Faculty-UAW, which seeks to represent roughly 2,700 USC lecturers, researchers, clinicians, librarians and pharmacists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

“Sometimes we have expert lecturers come. … We just mishmash everything together until it makes sense. Or if it doesn’t make sense, that’s fine too.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

"Do I know if the experienced senior lecturers are going to be there to deliver that programme? Will I get the quality of education that I desire? Will I get the support that I need?"

From BBC ● May 17, 2026

A 22-year-old Kabul University student said lecturers "have warned us... that if we don't have a proper Islamic appearance, which includes beards and head covering, they will deduct our marks".

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

“They said there is a list circulating, Ifeoma, of lecturers who are disloyal to the university. They said they might be fired. They said your name is on it.”

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie


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