deanship
Americannoun
plural
deanshipsExample Sentences
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It sounds unwise to give up a university deanship because your campus isn’t getting a particular fast-food franchise, no matter how much you love the waffle fries.
From Slate • Mar. 7, 2019
His other motivation is his belief in the power of education, he said; his deanship at Harvard has been an opportunity to work with people focused on expanding educational opportunity.
From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2017
In an email shortly after resigning the $1.1-million-a-year deanship, Puliafito told The Times he made the move voluntarily to pursue a biotech job.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2017
Believing that she can ignite Livingston’s affections and live with him happily ever after, Ilona intends to snare the deanship as a consolation prize for her unambitious husband.
From New York Times • Jan. 23, 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
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