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professional

[pruh-fesh-uh-nl] / prəˈfɛʃ ə nl /




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Professional investment advisers wear handcuffs when they manage clients’ money — but you don’t.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026

Professional investment advisers have to wear handcuffs when they manage clients’ money.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 26, 2026

And he only had four years of Nippon Professional Baseball experience before deciding to leave Japan, posting early and signing as an international amateur free agent last year, as Shohei Ohtani did in 2017.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Professional artist Katie Thomas, 29, sat nearby with a friend, both drawing the scene in their sketchbooks.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

What if the Consummate Professional had stolen the painting for someone?

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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