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as in power
a natural ability of the mind or body
although they are well into their 80s, the mental faculties of this couple are as sharp as ever
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as in talent
a special and usually inborn ability
even when he was still at a young age, John Singleton Copley's artistic faculties were readily recognizable
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as in ability
the physical or mental power to do something
the belief that if someone loses their sight, all of their other physical faculties are heightened
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Recent Examples of faculty
Students are recruited by the program’s alumni and faculty members at honors meetings and on campus, among other places, Garcia said.
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Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
Zach Greenberg, faculty legal defense and student association counsel for Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), says that the group is encouraged by UATX.
—Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Feb. 2025
Wood said that no determination has been made about faculty layoffs, but Luna-Gordinier is worried that college consolidation could force out faculty members anyway.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2025
However, there is still much more to be done in uprooting the inherent anti-Israeli — and in some cases, anti-Jewish — biases across the campus, particularly among some of its faculty members and students.
—Yinam Cohen, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
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Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
Zach Greenberg, faculty legal defense and student association counsel for Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), says that the group is encouraged by UATX.
—Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Feb. 2025
Wood said that no determination has been made about faculty layoffs, but Luna-Gordinier is worried that college consolidation could force out faculty members anyway.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2025
However, there is still much more to be done in uprooting the inherent anti-Israeli — and in some cases, anti-Jewish — biases across the campus, particularly among some of its faculty members and students.
—Yinam Cohen, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faculty
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That power is vested in prosecutors as executive branch officials.—
Michael Rothfeld,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2025
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Her lung power seems surprisingly undiminished, and the same goes for her sense of pitch.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
7 Mar. 2025
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With his calm demeanor and distinctive baritone, Biggie exhibited a rare talent for painting pictures with his bars, delivering a complex rhyme scheme of double entendres and metaphors that has kept him on the Mount Rushmore of rap for any true connoisseur of the genre.—
Shirley Halperin for The Hollywood Reporter,
Robb Report,
1 Mar. 2025
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This team is made up of a ton of young talent and it's worked out well on the court.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
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With fewer staff to handle the millions of applications submitted each year, students could face longer wait times to receive their aid packages, potentially jeopardizing their ability to enroll in college on time.—
Scott White,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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The Supreme Court already handed Trump nearly absolute power over the Justice Department in a 2024 ruling regarding presidential immunity — including the ability to have conversations about criminal cases and other enforcement actions.—
Carrie Johnson,
NPR,
12 Mar. 2025
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The robot is designed with high flexibility at the waist, 320° of rotation capability, and hollow joint wiring for a lightweight design with high durability and reliability.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
8 Mar. 2025
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Microsoft is replacing Skype call capability with a Teams benefit: Personal and Family subscribers can join group calls and talk for up to 30 hours with up to 300 people for free.—
Emily Forlini,
PCMAG,
7 Mar. 2025
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His aptitude for pitching, Cotham said, was more advanced than anyone he’s known at that age.—
Matt Gelb,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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Jordan Bianchi and Jeff Gluck, The Athletic: Gluck took Christopher Bell, citing the upped numbers of Toyotas on the road this year and Bell’s aptitude as an all-around racer.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Feb. 2025
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And, extra space for reserve wines allows for the addition of a much bigger reserve wine capacity—more reserve wines means even more choices for fine tuning flavor.—
Katie Kelly Bell,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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That should create more capacity that Nvidia could tap into down the road.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2025
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Celebrated annually during the National Cherry Blossom Festival—which honors the gift of 3,000 cherry trees from Tokyo's Mayor Yukio Ozaki to DC in 1912—these stunning blossoms cloak the city’s iconic landmarks in soft pastel pink and white hues.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2025
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But those hugs can be an invaluable gift that helps kids feel more secure.—
Vicky Hallett,
NPR,
10 Mar. 2025
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Others are fine with building on the strength of a memorable story, but the best and longest-running series have a knack for reinvention.—
Gieson Cacho,
The Mercury News,
24 Feb. 2025
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Losing a guy like Cal Clutterbuck, who has always had a knack for taking the steam out of guys who might get too big for the room, could have some consequences, but on the whole, this is a group that gets along well, holds each other accountable and doesn’t have many issues.—
Arthur Staple,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Faculty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faculty. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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