distinguished academic
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdistinguishedandacademic
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distinguished
adjective
uk/dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃt/us/dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃt/
used to describe a respected and admired person, or ...
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academic
noun[C]
uk/ˌæk.əˈdem.ɪk/us/ˌæk.əˈdem.ɪk/
someone who teaches at a college, or who studies as part of ...
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(Definition ofdistinguishedandacademicfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This led to a highlydistinguishedacademiccareer in architecture, especially vernacular architecture, and architectural history.
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What those qualifications are everyone will know who is familiar with hisdistinguishedacademiccareer.
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This is a full-grown man, withdistinguishedacademiccareer, who writes this about infants of five or six years of age.
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The state of thinking about fines has led adistinguishedacademicto talk about the "diversity and indiscipline" with which courts apply them.
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It was information compiled by adistinguishedacademic.
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We have had a number ofdistinguishedacademiccontributions to the debate.
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She is adistinguishedacademiclawyer, and her instincts probably lie in rather sounder areas.
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I have heard adistinguishedacademicprofessor describe them as obscene.
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The assisted places scheme has enabled schools which had a tradition of providing adistinguishedacademic education to children from less well-off families to revive and renew that tradition.
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I recall one of mydistinguishedacademicconstituents—he was engaged in material science—telling me about the evening when he lost his innocence in that field when working late at night.
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I had a letter from adistinguishedacademicthe other day pointing out that persons coming to give reports are often kept waiting for their expenses money for several months.
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After adistinguishedacademiccareer, he practised for many years as a solicitor and has an exceptional knowledge of the procedure and practice of courts of summary jurisdiction.
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Distinguishedacademiclawyers are able, for the benefit of their students, to analyse cases and to point out seeming errors and seeming inconsistencies in them.
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Not only in the training of young men and women from abroad, but also through sendingdistinguishedacademic teachers to serve overseas has the university made a contribution.
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Can he therefore tell us, now that adistinguishedacademichas been appointed as legal adviser, when the committee will be set up and start work?
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The panel consisted ofdistinguishedacademiceconomists and lawyers, highly experienced former central bankers and highly experienced former senior government officials as well as people drawn from the financial world.
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She has, in addition, had bestowed upon her academic and scholarship awards for special and extraordinarily meritorious study throughout adistinguishedacademiccareer.
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The school is noted for its caring atmosphere and its openness and inclusion as well as for itsdistinguishedacademictradition.
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He attended the university from 19901994, compiling adistinguishedacademicand athletic record.
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In addition to full-time faculty members withdistinguishedacademicexpertise, many part-time lecturers are successful and outstanding executives with invaluable practical knowledge and experience.
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