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pro

[proh] / proʊ /


ADVERB
in favor of
Synonyms


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Powell said earlier this month he would stay on as “chair pro tempore” if no successor is confirmed by then, and that he wouldn’t leave the board until the probe ends.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

He has boxed just 26 rounds in his pro career - and many of those were cut short.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

“College sports are basically pro sports teams now,” Lisa Delpy Neirotti, the director of the sports-management program at George Washington University’s School of Business, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

Gil found a Santa Fe firm and got legal help pro bono.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

That might be true, but the way he twirls the dagger between his fingers like a pro makes it clear he at least knows how to fight.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston