emeritus

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"That would have been an important specimen," said Freeman, lead author of the study and a senior public service associate emeritus at the UGA Odum School of Ecology.

From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026

“The struggles of these ordinary farming folk in rural China really rhymed with what was suddenly happening to farming folk in the U.S.A.,” says Peter Conn, emeritus professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

“They are modeling democratic vigilance,” said Peter McLaren, emeritus professor of education at the University of California, Los Angeles.

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2026

"The decision of the king emeritus depends on him, it's up to him and the Royal Household, it's not up to the government or the opposition," said the Justice Minister, Félix Bolaños.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

She somehow had got the idea that she was the queen emeritus of the May.

From One Third Off by Sarg, Tony