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pro

[proh] / proʊ /


ADVERB
in favor of
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As a personal-finance pro, it was hard for me not to take charge.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Since that merger announcement, pro football has become America’s favorite sport by a wide margin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

"We got there with no pro league in the country. Unbelievable. But everybody in America couldn't care less."

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Since the Cold War, other countries that maintained their holdings of dollars and U.S. securities in no small part for security reasons, reflecting an implicit quid pro quo for America’s defense shield.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

“Yeah, but I’ll probably have to play pro basketball in, like, Sweden or Norway or Russia or something, and I won’t need air-conditioning. I’ll probably live in, like, an igloo and own reindeer or something.”

From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie




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