profession
Example Sentences
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Judges are expected to behave with decorum while on the bench, but the profession doesn’t demand that they forfeit free-speech rights in retirement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
"Many sailors may think differently about this profession."
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
"Our profession has been too quiet, too passive and too fragmented in the face of abuses by the companies leading the AI revolution," he said.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
In one political contribution last year, her profession was listed as “retired.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
He was the reason Atticus did not marry until he was forty—when the time came for John Hale Finch to choose a profession, he chose medicine.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
Vocabulary lists containing profession
Can I Work It? Words for "Job"
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"The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury
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"Democracy in America, Vol. 1" by Alexis de Tocqueville, Introduction–Chapter 5
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