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Recent Examples of governess
The ladies Carnarvon, their daughters, and their guests—not to mention the governesses, maids, and cooks?
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Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
Maybe for a governess, but a maid?
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Christina Grace Tucker,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
Their governess, Marion Crawford, educated them on the building’s third floor, offering a chronicle of the comfortable home in her 1950 memoir, The Little Princesses.
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Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
24 Feb. 2026
Like many young women of her generation, Lady Anne was educated at home by a governess and reportedly excelled at music and languages.
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Stephanie Bridger-Linning,
Vanity Fair,
17 Feb. 2026
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Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
Maybe for a governess, but a maid?
—
Christina Grace Tucker,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
Their governess, Marion Crawford, educated them on the building’s third floor, offering a chronicle of the comfortable home in her 1950 memoir, The Little Princesses.
—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
24 Feb. 2026
Like many young women of her generation, Lady Anne was educated at home by a governess and reportedly excelled at music and languages.
—
Stephanie Bridger-Linning,
Vanity Fair,
17 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for governess
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Multiple readers of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and 11Alive viewers have reached out to me with this specific concern.
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The park also came in second on USA TODAY 10Best’s list of top 10 theme parks, which is based on readers' votes.
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The bat was captured and later tested positive for rabies, allowing doctors to begin the girl's post-exposure vaccination series quickly.
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Though Nara Smith kept most details about Whimsy’s cancer battle private, the thumbnail for Wednesday’s video appears to be her husband and a doctor next to an MRI machine.
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The dynamic duo of Jonda Valentine, an artist and daughter of a Pentecostal preacher, and her longtime friend Christa Suppan, who started as a bartender when Lipstick first opened, share co-ownership of the two bars.
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The street preacher asks if someone could be cited if a transgender person is offended if they are misgendered by another person.
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Beginning Monday, the focus shifts to whether there is enough evidence for a trial and if the death penalty is warranted, said Paul Cassell, a University of Utah law professor and former federal judge.
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Melinda Moore, a psychology professor at Eastern Kentucky University, noted that most clergy and faith leaders receive little or no training in pastoral care for those who are suicidal or suicide-bereaved.
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Ian Williamson, dean of the business school, said the new federal policy played a role in the decision as well as student scheduling preferences.
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But Erwin Chemerinsky, Berkeley’s law school dean, said Trump still won most of the cases the court decided either after oral arguments or through emergency appeals the administration brought.
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Rarely is there much conceptual overlap between the categories of pedant and genius.
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Avery, the heroine of Anika Jade Levy’s debut novel, Flat Earth (Catapult, $26), spends many turgid nights with a pedant.
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The project was led by Xu Jianzhong, PhD, a CAS academician and engineering thermophysics expert.
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And in the academe, there is a growing demand for nuclear science education.
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Different goals lead to different strategies The differences between industry and academe begin with a divergence in purpose.
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“Governess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/governess. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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