headmaster

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Recent Examples of headmaster The search for a new headmaster The board has spent the last 18 months preparing for the announcement from Masters and has established a committee and timeline to search for a new headmaster, according to Bacon. Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024 Deadline broke the news that Lithgow was posed to portray the headmaster of the wizarding school Hogwarts in the TV series adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s fantasy novels. Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2025 Deadline first reported that John Lithgow was nearing final talks for the role of Albus Dumbledore, the aloof yet powerful headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 7 Mar. 2025 Lithgow, 79, confirmed to Screen Rant in an interview published Tuesday he is set to play Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore. Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for headmaster
Recent Examples of Synonyms for headmaster
Noun
  • Improvement in these key areas will improve issues around declining enrollment, stakeholder mistrust and retention of great teachers and staff.
    Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
  • The open-plan interior also facilitates interaction between the family and crew of seven, plus a teacher and speech therapist.
    Katia Damborsky, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • See Episode 5, where the killer frames a schoolmaster’s murder as suicide within a locked room, the laughably lazy explanation for which wouldn’t appear out of place in a pantomime.
    Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 20 Mar. 2025
  • On the other side of the room, a wooden schoolmaster’s desk is another cherished piece.
    Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 20 June 2024
Noun
  • The church’s rector, also a slaveholder, was very concerned with converting Black and Indigenous Bostonians.
    Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Mayall was also a rector for Holy Name Cathedral beginning in January 2002.
    Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Buy Now 12 of 15 'Matilda' by Roald Dahl Precocious bookworms everywhere found a kindred spirit in Matilda, a little girl with neglectful parents and a loving teacher who takes on a terrorizing headmistress with her special powers.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
  • The headmistress of her school created bizarre ways to segregate her from the rest of the students, and when Kitty rebelled against these rules, she was expelled.
    Rebekah Taussig, TIME, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • As mild-mannered schoolteacher Mr. Lisbon, James Woods plays a quiet counterpoint to his domineering wife.
    Sezin Devi Koehler, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Born in Calgary to a 16-year-old single mother, he was adopted by two schoolteachers and raised in a middle-class home in the city’s suburbs.
    Norimitsu Onishi, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The cruise will be hosted by pro pickleball instructor Bob McDowell.
    Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Expert instructors will teach you strategies to network successfully, revamp your resume and confidently transition into your dream career.
    Judy Lagrou, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • What sets Whop apart is its broad approach—positioning itself not just as a platform for online educators but for any digital entrepreneur looking to sell a service, community, or tool.
    Ethan Stone, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
  • The House proposed higher raises for educators than the Senate during the last budget cycle in 2023.
    Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Roach is, clearly, among fashion’s most powerful pedagogues.
    Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The course is a two-year Master of Fine Arts degree and will prepare students to enter the industry as intimacy coordinators for film and visual media, intimacy directors for theater and live performance, and intimacy pedagogues for teaching in education and in the profession.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 20 Mar. 2023

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“Headmaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headmaster. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

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