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The Sharks coaching staff was impressed with Vlasic’s work ethic, professionalism, and willingness to improve in that time.
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Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2025
The judge presiding over Zachary Young's defamation case against CNN slammed lawyers on both sides for a lack of professionalism on Wednesday.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
The result had an air of professionalism — and sincerity.
—Cindi Leive, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Worse, populists’ recent efforts to erode their armed forces’ professionalism and autonomy, install loyalists, and bend the military to their will more generally have undercut military effectiveness by denying promotions to otherwise qualified officers and chasing them out of the institution.
—Ronald R. Krebs, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
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Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2025
The judge presiding over Zachary Young's defamation case against CNN slammed lawyers on both sides for a lack of professionalism on Wednesday.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
The result had an air of professionalism — and sincerity.
—Cindi Leive, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Worse, populists’ recent efforts to erode their armed forces’ professionalism and autonomy, install loyalists, and bend the military to their will more generally have undercut military effectiveness by denying promotions to otherwise qualified officers and chasing them out of the institution.
—Ronald R. Krebs, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Professionalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/professionalism. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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