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[fak-uhl-tee] / ˈfæk əl ti /




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Years later, after earning his bachelor’s degree, MD and Ph.D. at Columbia University and staying on as a junior faculty member, Yancopoulos won a $2.5 million faculty grant.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

On Wednesday, the UC Academic Council, the executive body of the systemwide faculty Academic Senate, ordered the university’s admissions board to review both questions.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

The transition plan for Morales has drawn outrage from faculty leadership groups.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

As far as Golding is concerned, consciousness is the faculty that allows us to reflect and create—and to deceive ourselves with extraordinary effectiveness.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

It was as if things, especially those for everyday use, had developed a faculty for changing location on their own.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Some 160 works show how he used his creative faculties as a survival device and drew on his Japanese education throughout his life.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 15, 2026

No adult treats any other adult that way unless they’ve lost their mental faculties or never had them.

From Salon Nov. 21, 2025

He said the cuts would be felt across all its four faculties, including sciences and health as well as arts and humanities.

From BBC Nov. 20, 2024

Its authors are drawn from the faculties of the state universities of Arizona, California, Connecticut, Maryland, Florida and Ohio, as well as from Johns Hopkins, Duke and the Cleveland Clinic.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2024

Those silly questions I had refused to answer were some kind of test to see if my faculties were intact, and I had failed it spectacularly.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman




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