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professorship

[pruh-fes-er-ship] / prəˈfɛs ərˌʃɪp /


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LeCun said he wasn’t going to leave New York or quit his professorship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

The manuscript they’ve produced is apparently even superior to the recently published book that has put him in contention for the same professorship that George’s entire future is riding on.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

Fitting, then, that she would accept a prestigious guest professorship this year at a German art school.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2024

"Ecological zones are often very similar across national borders," explains David Wuepper, who was appointed to a new professorship in the University of Bonn's PhenoRob Cluster of Excellence as recently as April 2023.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2023

When Cantor applied for a position at the University of Berlin in 1883, he was rejected; he had to settle for a professorship at the much less prestigious University of Halle instead.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife