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adjunct

[aj-uhngkt] / ˈædʒ ʌŋkt /


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Bajaj, an adjunct professor at Stanford’s School of Medicine who previously co-founded Google’s life sciences division, said the company’s goal is to build AI systems that can assist throughout the entire engineering process.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The new union would cover more than 2,700 full-time, part-time and adjunct faculty across hundreds of disciplines in 22 schools and the USC libraries.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

USC already has three other UAW-affiliated unions, representing part-time and adjunct instructors in the School of Cinematic Arts, graduate student workers, and postdoctoral scholars.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

The problem: “Like Crazy Eddie, for those that remember him, the fees are ‘insane,’” says institutional investor Michael Weinberg, an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Despite his first, the study of English literature seemed in retrospect an absorbing parlor game, and reading books and having opinions about them, the desirable adjunct to a civilized existence.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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