profession
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After joking that his daughter didn’t go into a profession that most Indian immigrant parents wish for their children, he explained that her full name — Nithya Varsha — means “forever monsoon” in Sanskrit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
The time and money it takes to gain a bar-exam-eligible legal education would decrease, and the legal profession would become more accessible to all students, particularly nontraditional students and those of limited financial means.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
In a statement, the minister said he recognised the pressures on the profession and he had personally requested the setting up of a panel to identify workload issues.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Quinta Brunson’s scraping schoolteacher Janine Teagues in “Abbott Elementary” hopes to grow into the roles modeled by classroom veterans before rent and bills push her out of the profession.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 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
Some people he knows went into blue-collar professions, for example, and “it’s worked out great.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
These proportions were higher than for other professions including nuclear technologists, who are routinely exposed to radiation from non-cosmic sources yet placed 12th on the list, the authors said.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
It’s interesting to look back prior to 1960, 1950, and just see the professions and the things that justices did prior to being on the court.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
The pickup in hiring goes beyond white-collar professions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
A few wanted other professions, such as one boy who wanted to become a county agent; another, a veterinarian; and one girl wanted to be a nurse.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
Vocabulary lists containing profession
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"Democracy in America, Vol. 1" by Alexis de Tocqueville, Introduction–Chapter 5
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