provost
noun
Examples of provost in a Sentence
The Arizona Republic, 3 Apr. 2024
The finalists are: James Beeby, provost of Keene State College in Keene, New Hampshire
Betsy Morgan, interim chancellor of UW-La Crosse
Christopher Olsen, provost of Indiana State University
Finalists will participate in campus forums March 4-6.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2024
For officers, simulation training is much more effective than shooting at a line of paper targets, or simply going over shoot/don’t-shoot scenarios, said Jamie Wicker, provost of public safety education at Wake Tech.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2024
The former university provost assisted Stanford with its move into the ACC last summer, according to sources, and has remained influential in athletic department matters.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024
View in new tab In one particularly personal exchange, Robbins, Clark and White, then vice provost of UA and an architect of the merger, discussed menu preferences for an in-person dinner at Robbins' home in Tucson in April 2020 to talk about the deal.
—Hannah Dreyfus, The Arizona Republic, 25 Jan. 2024
Holloway is the provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of New Mexico.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 9 Feb. 2024
The letter was addressed to Penny Pritzker, a senior fellow for the Harvard Corporation, and Alan Garber, the school’s former provost who took over as interim president following Claudine Gay’s resignation Jan. 2.
—Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2024
Alan Garber, provost and chief academic officer, will serve as interim president until a new leader takes office, according to the Harvard Corporation.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2024
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Word History
Middle English, from Old English profost & Anglo-French provost, from Medieval Latin propositus, alteration of praepositus, from Latin, one in charge, director, from past participle of praeponere to place at the head — more at preposition
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Provost.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/provost. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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