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  • noun Plural form of prof.

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Examples

  • Instituting merit raises based on teaching evaluations would result in profs avoiding these classes more than they already do.

    Matthew Yglesias » Performance Bonuses 2009

  • In truth, I can only speculate, but I would say first off that Gagnon's sneering reference to the "cherished cause of many political science profs" is a dead giveaway -- it's classic anti-intellectual inverse snobbery.

    Archive 2009-05-01 2009

  • (October 16, 2006 9: 17: 00 AM CDT) ah yes, I actually talked to some old profs from the alma mater.

    Prunings XXII 2006

  • The architect lineup included Linda Taalman and Alan Koch of the iThouse, Rocio Romero, known for LV and Fish Camp; Christopher Deam, and Joe Tanney of Resolution: 4 Architecture; plus two profs from the MIT school of Architecture, Joel Turkel and Larry Sass, and prefab historian/author, Colin Davies (shown lecturing above).

    DWELL ON DESIGN: Day 1 – Prefab | Inhabitat 2006

  • As grad students we called the profs Prof Lastname for the first few weeks of school, simply because we didn't know, and then switched to firstnames on our own rather quickly.

    Ferule & Fescue Flavia 2006

  • The genre of anonymous blogs purporting to be by law profs is fairly new; as best I can recall, the only other attempt was the glorious but short-lived Proculian Meditations.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Anonymous: 2004

  • A scholarly paper by the two profs is shortly to be published by

    The Register 2009

  • A scholarly paper by the two profs is shortly to be published by

    The Register 2009

  • A scholarly paper by the two profs is shortly to be published by

    The Register 2009

  • Recall the profs worrying about the Red Scare, not to mention the bad, too-suspicious, even unpatriotic FBI agents.

    Information, Culture, Policy, Education: Indiana Jones and the bad old days 2008

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