- plural of professor.
professors
Example Sentences
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Barely one per cent of professors at UK universities are black, so he was joining a small and highly visible minority in academia.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Of course, the real Bourdain did not propose such a ludicrous project, which the movie professors pass on after he’d already boasted to his family and friends that he’d gotten the fellowship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
At the time of his appointment there were only 150 Black professors in the U.K. out of a total of around 23,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Unfortunately, I have always struggled with disappointing authority figures: professors, bosses, priests, parents — and, apparently, severe-bunned bakers.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Her parents didn't see the way Valley snapped at their professors and didn’t seem to care about her schoolwork or how she was always on her own doing sneaky, probably terrible, things.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
