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Discover LudwigThe phrase "academic calling" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a strong inclination or vocation towards pursuing a career in academia or education.
Example: "After years of working in the corporate sector, she realized her true academic calling was in teaching and research."
Alternatives: "scholarly vocation" or "educational mission".
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Liberals here are praising Trump for diplomatic prowess and bold decision-making, with one prominent academic calling his presidency a "blessing" for the Korean peninsula.
Kent Martinussen remembered a Danish academic calling Ingels a "fascistic service-agent of capitalism" at a public meeting a few years ago.
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The Speaker has reportedly hired an academic called Sarah Childs, who's a professor of gender and politics at the University of Bristol.
In the same year, an Australian academic called Germaine Greer published a surprise bestseller called The Female Eunuch.
It's about a group of women who were imprisoned in a cellar by a psychopathic academic called Jack.
I'm not sure the book needs the long, hectoring afterword that an academic called Corey Creekmur has provided.
When a visiting French academic called Jean-Michel Boursiquot identified Chile's Merlot plantings as Carmenère, it caused general consternation.
In the Times of India, Sunil Khilnani, an author and academic, called the election a "genuinely revolutionary moment … a democratic asteroid".
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