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profession

[pruh-fesh-uhn] / prəˈfɛʃ ən /




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The ICC’s prosecutors and judges take their cues from the international legal profession from which they are recruited.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Under Casey, the state had every right to regulate therapists’ speech as one component of a larger law regulating the medical profession.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

When the Fed raised rates aggressively in 2022, nearly the entire economics profession predicted a recession.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

As your circumstances require, you can add a newborn child, change your profession, update your bank-account information, put in a new address or add a business.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

He talks of how Christ was a carpenter, and how he is blessed to follow in the same profession.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson