How to Use faculty in a Sentence

faculty

noun
  • The school hired more faculty.
  • She has a faculty for making friends.
  • She's a member of the Harvard faculty.
  • The Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
  • At the time, the gift was the largest ever from a faculty member.
    — Lou Ponsi, Orange County Register, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The school’s students and faculty rebelled, and the takeover failed.
    — Nina Burleigh, The New Republic, 16 May 2023
  • In one bout in 1963, two Howard faculty members were in the crowd and noticed Dr. Hare in the ring.
    — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 22 June 2024
  • One of the real problems is our faculty aren’t even aware of it.
    — Katie Palmer Reprints, STAT, 12 Jan. 2023
  • More than a third of last year’s faculty members — about three dozen — are gone.
    — Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2023
  • Biden’s record when in full control of his faculties is bad enough.
    — The Editors, National Review, 25 Apr. 2023
  • But the move upset faculty who felt blindsided and left out of the process.
    — Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024
  • As a result of changes at the college, over a third of the faculty have left, according to trustee Dr. Amy Reid.
    — Carlos Suarez, CNN, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The mixer is open to the public, faculty, staff and students.
    — La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The deal includes a 5% salary boost for all faculty retroactive to July 1 of last year.
    — Maya Miller, Sacramento Bee, 23 Jan. 2024
  • This is in part due to its 3:1 student-to-faculty ratio.
    — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Dobiesz said the faculty may be learning just as much as the students.
    — Usha Lee McFarling, STAT, 21 July 2022
  • The fact that a wealthy donor disapproves of a faculty member?
    — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
  • At the time, none of the top 20 research universities in the country had a woman on the physics faculty.
    — Michelle Frank, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Crick joined the Salk faculty at the same time Eckhart was taking over the cancer center.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2022
  • Then, a faculty member approached him and asked if he was lost.
    — Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 17 May 2024
  • The 67-year-old gunman killed three faculty members and wounded a fourth.
    — Susan Young, Peoplemag, 24 Dec. 2023
  • In the hours and days after the shooting, dozens of users argued that armed students or faculty would have stopped the shooter.
    — Wali Khan, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The school was locked down, and Drew praised the poise and efficiency of the students and faculty who scrambled to safety.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Elise said some faculty members had strong concerns about the process and questions about the result.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 20 Feb. 2024
  • But the students and on-board faculty persisted and, in fits and starts, made headway.
    — New York Times, 7 July 2022
  • The two sides had been split over salary increases and how much faculty members should pay for health care.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Catie, who has been teaching for nine years, tied the knot in front of her students and fellow faculty members on Feb. 1.
    — Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2024
  • As part of the deal, the school pledged to diversify faculty hiring.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 22 July 2022
  • And now, as Cushman School celebrates its centennial, a community of students, parents, alumni, administrators, faculty and friends are looking back at all the ups and downs, struggles and successes.
    — Christina Mayo, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2025
  • The letter demanded federal audits of academic programs, departments, viewpoints of students, faculty and staff as well as changes to the University’s governance and hiring, according to the letter.
    — Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2025

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