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Recent Examples of headmistress
There appears to be a bizarre codependency among residents, and Laura is still particularly close to her mentor, Tall Pines Academy headmistress, Evelyn Wade (a hauntingly good Toni Collette).
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
Exhausted from filling in as headmistress at her school, Olga tries to hold the fraying family together.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
Miss Fitz-Maurice-Kelly was the headmistress of the school, a semi-mythical figure who was rarely seen anywhere apart from Morning Assemblies.
—Kate Weinberg
july 30, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
Actors Jason William Webb (as tyrannical school headmistress Miss Trunchbull) and Zane Camacho and Sophia LaRosh (as Matilda’s cruel and neglectful parents Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood) are hilariously ridiculous in their roles.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2025
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
Exhausted from filling in as headmistress at her school, Olga tries to hold the fraying family together.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
Miss Fitz-Maurice-Kelly was the headmistress of the school, a semi-mythical figure who was rarely seen anywhere apart from Morning Assemblies.
—Kate Weinberg
july 30, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
Actors Jason William Webb (as tyrannical school headmistress Miss Trunchbull) and Zane Camacho and Sophia LaRosh (as Matilda’s cruel and neglectful parents Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood) are hilariously ridiculous in their roles.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for headmistress
Noun
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Positions hit hardest by the cuts include certain teachers, aides and administrators, according to a break-down by the Boston Municipal Research Bureau (BMRB).—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
10 Feb. 2026
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Mayes was a young teacher at Forest Oaks Middle School in Fort Worth when her older brother took off for Vietnam.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) Smith won her first Academy Award for Best Actress for this curious, eccentric role as a 1930s schoolmistress who takes four young girls under her wing — for better and for worse.—
Christina Newland,
Vulture,
2 Oct. 2024
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Four years later came her Oscar-winning portrayal of an idiosyncratic English schoolmistress in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.—
Duane Byrge,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Sep. 2024
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For me, folklore started right back at school, when our junior headmaster used to sit and tell us tall colorful tales, oral Cumbrian legends and ghost stories, which could be augmented and added to in the telling.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Hal’s mother, Avril, is having an affair with Charles Tavis, who is either her half or adoptive brother, and has summarily replaced Hal’s father as headmaster of the academy.—
Hermione Hoby,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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This, to Newsom, is being strong; the right are the fainthearted schoolmarms now.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board took note of the hard-right’s distress, let down its tightly wound schoolmarm bun and snickered right out loud.—
Pat Beall,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 July 2025
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These are Dove chocolate–sized strawberry marshmallows, coated in milk chocolate, and the overall effect is as romantic as being caught on the Kiss Cam with your mistress.—
Alex Beggs,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
7 Feb. 2026
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George built it in the early 18th century, the story goes, to accommodate his mistress, Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
5 Feb. 2026
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Olympic champion or not, Barbara Ann Cochran was a single parent raising a family on a schoolteacher’s salary that, every few years, kept getting slashed.—
Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
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Space shuttle Challenger exploded into a gigantic fireball moments after liftoff today, apparently killing all seven crew members, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Michael Scott, a golf instructor who has worked at the course for 15 years, said Tuesday that users of the course and its driving range are frustrated, sad and confused as the closure nears.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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His mother was a one-time professional dancer and gymnastics instructor, and his father was an executive at a mobile phone company.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Feb. 2026
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Butler’s new online master’s program in Deaf education will train future educators how to teach speaking and listening to deaf children, particularly kids who have cochlear implants or use other hearing technology.—
Claire Rafford,
IndyStar,
9 Feb. 2026
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As an educator, Figueroa said her priority is creating a classroom environment where students feel not only safe, but engaged.—
Camila Gomez,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Headmistress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headmistress. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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