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[pruh-fes-er] / prəˈfɛs ər /


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In this case it will not necessarily be clear how the judges come to a total sentence, explains May-Len Skilbrei, professor of criminology at the University of Oslo.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

The professor dubbed “Mr. IPO” told Barron’s he doesn’t expect this news to stop Anthropic’s IPO plans.

From Barron's • Jun. 13, 2026

Jones, a professor in Canada, said a SpaceX without Riley, Juncosa and Nicolls might be a very different place.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

Cook, who also serves as an adjunct assistant professor in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, said the findings challenge common assumptions about aging and cognition.

From Science Daily • Jun. 13, 2026

Noisy, active, obsessive, eccentric—with a dervishlike mind that spiraled from one scientific question to the next—Thomas Morgan was a professor of zoology at Columbia University.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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