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professor

noun as in person who teaches college courses

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She expected them to learn from one another in class discussions, not just from their professors.

Research from Harvard University professor Rebecca Diamond has shown that without high-skilled immigration, the U.S. would be one-third less innovative.

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“They’re sweetening the pot,” Paul Hardart, a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business, said of the Ellison family.

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By 2018, the Supreme Court was citing dictionary definitions in half of its opinions, up dramatically from prior years, according to Mark A. Lemley, a professor at Stanford Law School.

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"These two binary black hole mergers offer us some of the most exciting insights yet about the earlier lives of black holes," said Thomas Callister, co-author and assistant professor at Williams College.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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