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provost

[proh-vohst, prov-uhst, proh-voh] / ˈproʊ voʊst, ˈprɒv əst, ˈproʊ voʊ /


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Cal State Channel Islands has received roughly $40 million in HSI grant funding in the last decade, said Jessica Lavariega Monforti, the university’s provost.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

A nearby church would become the cathedral and she would be provost instead of Rev Poobalan.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

He worked at Iowa State before entering administration at Columbia, where he rose to executive vice provost before taking the helm at ASU in 2002.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025

“There has been no statement from the provost office rebutting Harrison’s rhetoric.”

From Salon • Oct. 16, 2025

David Korn, vice provost for research at Harvard University, argues that giving patients control over their tissues is shortsighted.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot



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