emeritus
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Mr. Page is a professor emeritus at the University of Southern California.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Professor David Voas, emeritus professor of social science at University College London, was one of those who raised suspicion over the Bible Society's findings.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
"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
“There’s an inconsistency between the seriousness of war and the informality of social media,” said Richard Haass, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
You should have written at once to your emeritus coadjutor, your senior friend.
From Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter by Dewey, Mary Elizabeth
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