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professor

[pruh-fes-er] / prəˈfɛs ər /


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"Reliable data on data centre water use in Indonesia remains scarce, partly because companies treat it as proprietary information," says Agus Hasan, a professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Mr. Woodford, 70, is an economics professor at Columbia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

"For years, the industry has struggled with treatments that provide inconsistent results against bacterial blotch," said Samuel Martins, co-author and assistant professor in the UF/IFAS Department of Plant Pathology.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

Debates are another tool for candidates to reach independent voters, said Corwin Smidt, a political science professor at Michigan State University.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

“As I explained in our last class, onions form the base of most Pakistani curries,” she intones like a college professor.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

The university's Faculty Senate, a governing body comprised of professors and other academic staff, will vote on a resolution of no confidence next week, according to reports.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Mr. Dillon, a former federal prosecutor, is a partner at Dillon PLLC, where he represents students and professors in campus misconduct cases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

My English teachers and literature professors were probably too tired to parse such nuance, and I don’t blame them.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

The Penningtons are a married pair of professors whose lives will unravel after Dava’s diagnosis with cognitive decline.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The professors told me that every case is different.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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