professorship
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- subprofessorship noun
Etymology
Origin of professorship
Example Sentences
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LeCun said he wasn’t going to leave New York or quit his professorship.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
The manuscript they’ve produced is apparently even superior to the recently published book that has put him in contention for the same professorship that George’s entire future is riding on.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026
Fitting, then, that she would accept a prestigious guest professorship this year at a German art school.
From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2024
More than three decades later, he had a prestigious professorship in California and was conducting promising research on Parkinson’s disease.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 23, 2023
He was Chamberlain’s ranking officer, an ex-teacher from Wiscas- set who was impressed with Chamberlain’s professorship.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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