How to Use provost in a Sentence

provost

noun
  • The provost came but didn't speak to me.
    — Esme Nicholson, NPR, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The board — my leadership put that charge out to the provost.
    — Catalina Righter, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 9 Sep. 2019
  • Philbert was removed from his post as provost earlier this month.
    — David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2020
  • Julia Jasken, the school’s provost, will be stepping up to take his place.
    — Kristen Griffith, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 29 Dec. 2020
  • The school's provost was abducted about a month ago and released a few days later.
    — Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2021
  • In a year, the school had a new chancellor, president and provost.
    — Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Matthew Klein was barred from the George Fox campus, the provost wrote last month.
    — oregonlive, 13 May 2021
  • Garber is an economist and physician who has served as provost for 12 years.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2024
  • So would a long line of donors, provosts, campus vice presidents and professors.
    — oregonlive, 22 Apr. 2020
  • Two deans and the president or provost are ex-officio members.
    — Graciela Mochkofsk, The New Yorker, 27 July 2021
  • Olmstead, the provost, said the university won’t pay for the repairs.
    — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2023
  • Patrick Phillips, the university’s provost, wanted to make that clear.
    — oregonlive, 13 Mar. 2020
  • In the past year, UT has had four provosts, a new president and a new chancellor.
    — Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Ashford is now provost and dean of the faculty at Southeastern.
    — Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2019
  • She was stunned when Kerwin and the university provost joined the students at the sessions.
    — Roy S. Johnson | [email protected], al, 19 June 2021
  • In a statement released Friday, the nuns said the provost's offer is nothing short of a gag order.
    — Esme Nicholson, NPR, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Only mentioned and not seen so far in the series, her sister is a Yale provost and will appear late in this season.
    — Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2024
  • The next level is to the vice chancellor and provost, and the final level of appeals goes to the chancellor.
    — Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Nov. 2025
  • She was told in a letter from the provost that the professor was not to make any contact with her, according to the documents.
    — Kelsey Ryan, kansascity, 15 Feb. 2018
  • The university announced last fall that Schimpf would step down as provost June 30.
    — Christina Lords, idahostatesman, 1 June 2018
  • The college requested to keep the program but was denied by the university's provost.
    — Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Stephens, in an email, scolded Karpf for his comment and copied the provost at the professor's university.
    — Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2019
  • The plan required the approval of the school's vice provost, which was granted in 2020, according the the emails.
    — Brian Slodysko, ajc, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The vice provost for research will be the driver of the university’s plans to grow its research footprint, one of the core tenets of its strategic plan.
    — Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 June 2025
  • And the provost did such a stellar job in having the faculty really take the lead and come up with the recommendations.
    — Catalina Righter, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 9 Sep. 2019
  • His provost stepped down over the summer after only a year on the job, and the school in July abruptly replaced the dean of its largest college.
    — Ryan J. Foley, chicagotribune.com, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Warren Wilson’s provost, Jay Roberts, didn’t shy away from the figure in an interview.
    — New York Times, 20 Aug. 2022
  • In 2018, she was also appointed as the provost of Sixth College.
    — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The school does not report to a provost but directly to the university’s president, and has therefore been able to hire quickly.
    — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • David McConnell, a former vice provost of the college, argued for the retain and explain approach.
    — Ed O’Loughlin, New York Times, 8 May 2023

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