profession
Example Sentences
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An aspiring therapist recently told me he wondered whether he had chosen the wrong profession.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
A fitter by profession, Chaurasia had left home around eight months ago to work for a foreign shipping company.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
Over time, the profession begins to sort for ideological conformity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
"Our profession has been too quiet, too passive and too fragmented in the face of abuses by the companies leading the AI revolution," he said.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
Brobeck kept up with the engineering profession through frequent visits to the Berkeley campus library.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing profession
Can I Work It? Words for "Job"
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"The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury
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"Democracy in America, Vol. 1" by Alexis de Tocqueville, Introduction–Chapter 5
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