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vocation

[voh-key-shuhn] / voʊˈkeɪ ʃən /


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Statistics from the National Religious Vocation Conference show that the average age of women entering religious service is 28.

From Fox News • Jan. 27, 2020

Vocation will not be the only one that returns students to the question of what they should do with their lives.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2019

"There's No Vacation from Vocation" covers the role of God's will in day-to-day decisions.

From US News • Sep. 22, 2015

Others expected to list before the end of the year include Australian packaging group Pact Group, consumer electronics retailer Dick Smith Holdings Ltd, and education training provider Vocation Ltd.

From Reuters • Nov. 27, 2013

I have often thought," he pursued, "that Spies, to be perfect in their Vocation, should first of all be apprenticed to Mountebanks.

From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by Sala, George Augustus




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