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professionalize

[pruh-fesh-uh-nl-ahyz] / prəˈfɛʃ ə nlˌaɪz /
VERB
increase the required knowledge and skill for an occupation's workers
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Investors and stars like MrBeast are looking to professionalize a practice that has run into issues regarding transparency.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

Harfuch "sought to professionalize, to modernize the intelligence agency to go after crimes," said Gerardo Rodriguez, an academic expert in national security who met Harfuch in 2018.

From Barron's May 10, 2026

One of the efforts to professionalize the process is ICEList, a web database created by Dominick Skinner, an Irish activist based in the Netherlands.

From Slate Jan. 28, 2026

There’s also a movement to professionalize the field of animal-assisted therapy and ensure the animals involved are treated in a safe and ethical manner.

From Seattle Times May 4, 2024

Shawn wanted to professionalize the operation, to invest the profits from the Malad job in new equipment; Dad wanted things to stay the same.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

But as we round the first corner, almost all of the exhibits are the work of amateurs, conscripted from civilian life and professionalized into name, rank and number.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

After World War II, the American military was more professionalized, and by the 1970s, the unpopularity of the Vietnam War made military school less appealing.

From Los Angeles Times May 22, 2026

As U.S. foreign policy became more professionalized, some historians have argued, the role of overseeing and executing it became a better fit for capable administrators than aspiring presidents.

From Slate Apr. 6, 2026

So by the time they launched their foundation in 1966 — and even more by the time they professionalized it in 1977 — they were pretty experienced philanthropists.

From Seattle Times Dec. 18, 2023

It was not at all certain, then, how he would fare against the younger breed of highly professionalized butlers looking for posts.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

Delo said the funding would allow Reform to spend £1 million a month professionalizing the party ahead of the 2029 election.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

At what point does professionalizing our personal lives leech them of any spirit or spontaneity?

From New York Times Apr. 4, 2023

In the seventeenth century, as its enemies grew stronger, the empire became more inward-looking, focusing less on external expansion and more on resolving domestic affairs, professionalizing its bureaucracy, and conducting internal reforms.

From Textbooks Dec. 14, 2022

More recent efforts have focused on professionalizing these peers.

From Salon Mar. 27, 2022

Irrespective of the professionalizing of philosophy, the ideas philosophers discuss are still those in which Western civilization has been bred.

From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Boyd H. Bode




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