1
: one that teaches
especially
: one whose occupation is to instruct
2
: a Latter-day Saint ranking above a deacon in the Aaronic priesthood
variants
or less commonly teacher
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Examples of teacher in a Sentence
Noun (1)
Experience is a good teacher.
She is a first-grade teacher.
a teacher of driver's education
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Bryan West,
USA Today,
4 July 2026
Education Through Music said the donation will expand in-school music programs across underserved New York City schools, funding teachers, instruments, and performance opportunities for thousands of students.
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Lily Brown,
PEOPLE,
3 July 2026
Like her mother, many of them had been public-school teachers.
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Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
3 July 2026
Her team started where everybody starts, writing a prompt telling the model to act like a teacher, and hit the ceiling fast.
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Dan Fitzpatrick,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
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Noun
Bryan West Your English teacher and your gym teacher are officially married.
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Bryan West,
USA Today,
4 July 2026
Education Through Music said the donation will expand in-school music programs across underserved New York City schools, funding teachers, instruments, and performance opportunities for thousands of students.
—
Lily Brown,
PEOPLE,
3 July 2026
Like her mother, many of them had been public-school teachers.
—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
3 July 2026
Her team started where everybody starts, writing a prompt telling the model to act like a teacher, and hit the ceiling fast.
—
Dan Fitzpatrick,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
See All Example Sentences for teacher
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“Teacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teacher. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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teacher
noun
teach·er
ˈtē-chər 
: one that teaches
especially
: a person whose occupation is to instruct
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