in-residence
assigned to a staff position in an institution such as a college or university, while allowed sufficient time to pursue one's own professional work, study, or research (usually used in combination): a poet-in-residence at the university.
Origin of in-residence
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How to use in-residence in a sentence
The subject heading ran: James Lasdun, important information about your "writer-in-residence"
When Someone Tells Lies About You on the Internet | Megan McArdle | January 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe is a columnist for the Boston Globe and distinguished scholar-in-residence at Suffolk University.
He is author-in-residence at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
He is a contributing editor at The New Republic, and historian-in residence at Bob Dylan's official Web site.
He is a columnist for the Boston Globe and Distinguished-Scholar-in-residence at Suffolk University.
Other Idioms and Phrases with in-residence
Committed to live and work in a certain place, often for a specific length of time. For example, He loved being the college's poet in residence. This expression, dating from the 1300s, originally referred to ecclesiastical clerics whose presence was required in a specific church. It was extended to other appointments in the mid-1800s.
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