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deanship

American  
[deen-ship] / ˈdinˌʃɪp /

noun

plural

deanships
  1. the position, status, or tenure of a dean.


Example Sentences

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She will not serve on the clerkship committee under my deanship.

From Slate • May 15, 2021

Hawley was poised for a bright future in the conservative intellectual legal world—a deanship, a federal judgeship, even the Supreme Court.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 22, 2018

Puliafito’s successor to the deanship, Rohit Varma, also stepped down as The Times was preparing to publish a story about a sexual harassment allegation against him that resulted in a $135,000-payout to his alleged victim.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2018

In 1983 she became the dean of Boston University’s School for the Arts, a post she held until 1991, when she retired from the deanship but continued teaching there.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2016

The discussion soon yielded a formal offer from Conant of a $12,000 salary to cover a full professorship, along with the deanship of a new graduate school of engineering and applied science.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik