profs

noun

Definition of profsnext
plural of prof
as in professors

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  1. professors
  2. instructors
  3. educators
Noun
  • Solving professors’ two-body problems makes this feasible, by keeping faculty more engaged with campus life.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Clearly, recruiting and retaining the best professors required making accommodations for their spouses.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of professors
Noun
  • There’s also the consideration of gifts or cards for classroom teachers, music and art instructors, lunch aides and case managers.
    Kara Alaimo, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024
  • College instructors accurately picked up on ChatGPT 70% of the time, while students had 60% accuracy.
    Jonathan Gillham, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of instructors
Noun
  • Jones repeatedly called the shooting that killed 20 children and six educators a hoax staged by actors and aimed at increasing gun control.
    CBS News, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Looting and destruction Roosevelt signed the Antiquities Act after a generation of lobbying by educators and scientists who wanted to protect sites from commercial artifact looting and haphazard collecting by individuals.
    Susan Montoya Bryan, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of educators
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