How to Use emeritus in a Sentence

emeritus

adjective
  • The board of 13 trustees and five of its emeritus trustees supported the name change, board member E. Smyth McKissick told the newspaper.
    Stephanie Toone, ajc, 12 June 2020
  • The 79-year-old will continue in an emeritus role with the program after he’s done coaching the U.S. Olympic men’s swimming team at the Tokyo.
    Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Mar. 2021
  • Since the emeritus policy was adopted in 1997, the system has grown to seven schools.
    Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 3 Sep. 2022
  • Bonsack was a past chair and emeritus member of the private school’s Board of Trustees, as well as a parent of John Carroll alumni.
    David Anderson, baltimoresun.com, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Boston Court, wisely not wanting to let him out of the fold, had given him an emeritus title.
    Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Moore plans to stay in his role through the end of the month then transition to a director emeritus role with the Oregon Zoo Foundation to help with fundraising.
    oregonlive, 5 Aug. 2020
  • With heavy hearts, the York Revolution announced today the passing of team dog emeritus Boomer.
    Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 6 Aug. 2020
  • Krabbenhoft would become president emeritus if the deal goes through.
    Joe Carlson, Star Tribune, 26 Oct. 2020
  • But Davis, who is in her 70s and is an emeritus professor of pathology at Stockton, was different.
    New York Times, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Since taking emeritus status at Hendrix in late 2019, Barth has been the chief education officer for the city of Little Rock.
    Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Once that selection is made, Marx will move into an emeritus role and assist with the transition in leadership.
    Paul Walsh, Star Tribune, 6 Oct. 2020
  • This is more of an emeritus nomination since Eagles fans really aren't that bad now.
    Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 20 May 2022
  • Charles Snowden, lead author of the 2015 study and an emeritus professor in psychology, said that the scientists weren't trying to replicate cat sounds.
    Fox News, 28 July 2022
  • Earlier this year, Gousha took an emeritus title and became a senior adviser in law and public policy at the law school.
    Bill Glauber, Journal Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Kent State emeritus professor Jerry Lewis, 82, was in the crowd that horrible, sunny day in May, serving as a faculty marshal.
    Bob Dyer, cincinnati.com, 2 May 2020
  • Woodward, 69, a painter and emeritus University of Alaska Fairbanks art professor, is guiding me on a walk through an unusual grove of trees.
    Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 19 June 2021
  • Jean-Guy Nadeau, an emeritus professor of religious studies at the University of Montreal, lamented the lack of transparency in the case.
    Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Church leaders said during the faith’s fall General Conference that Gay had been granted emeritus status, similar to semiretirement from the role’s day-to-day duties.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Howard Schultz, the company’s chairman emeritus and previous chief executive, will return to the company next month as an interim CEO as part of a reset.
    Heather Haddon, WSJ, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Church leaders announced during the faith’s recent General Conference that he had been granted emeritus status, akin to semi-retirement from the role’s day-to-day duties.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Oct. 2021
  • Sunday saw the final conference speech of Joseph W. Sitati, who was made an emeritus general authority.
    Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Caroline Freund will take office on July 1, succeeding Peter Cowhey, a trade expert who will become an emeritus member of the faculty.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2021
  • Ars Technica reporter emeritus Jim Salter contributed to this report.
    Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 25 Feb. 2022
  • But the 2021 season, which ended recently, appeared to be much better, said David Yarborough, emeritus professor of horticulture with the University of Maine.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2021
  • The message seems to get worse with each assessment, said Donald Wuebbles, emeritus professor of atmospheric science at the University of Illinois and a lead author of the state’s climate assessment.
    Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Chris Caple, an emeritus archaeologist at Durham University, launched the new research project in hopes of shedding light on the mysterious artifact’s origins.
    Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Aug. 2020
  • At restaurants farther from downtown, more trees offer the cicadas a place to land — and mate — so are more likely to see cicada action, notes Michael Raupp, an emeritus entomology professor at the University of Maryland.
    Washington Post, 11 May 2021
  • One possible way to adapt to climate change is by providing cool bedding for animals, a project touted by Bob Collier, a University of Arizona emeritus professor.
    Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2019
  • These days, Schwarzenegger’s own beautiful profession is to essentially be an emeritus version of himself.
    Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Katsuhiro Miyamoto, an emeritus professor of sports economics at Kansai University, puts the costs as high as $4 billion.
    Stephen Wade, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Mar. 2020

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