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senior lecturer

American  

noun

Chiefly British.
  1. a university teacher who does not hold a professorship.


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Francois Benchendikh, a senior lecturer in public law at the Sciences Po Lille university, said the debate in court will focus on whether the Dunkirk centre is considered to be residential accommodation or not.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Kantha Shelke, a food scientist and senior lecturer at Johns Hopkins University, also noted that different types of fiber do different things — and deliver varying degrees of benefits, depending on the form.

From MarketWatch • May 10, 2026

Like many researchers, Dr. Luke Turnock, a senior lecturer in criminology at the University of Lincoln in the U.K., warns against taking peptides since we don’t know their short- or long-term effects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

“He was one of their best detectives ever,” said Eddings, the trace evidence expert and UT–Arlington senior lecturer, who often worked with Ford on murder cases.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Olanna had thought he would realize that her father only wanted to gall him and show how unimpressed he was by a senior lecturer from Nsukka.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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