instructresses

Definition of instructressesnext
plural of instructress

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for instructresses
Noun
  • The school also is connected to social services and known to teachers across Kenya, including in the far west where Wairimu is from.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The Laurel Highlands School District board is bringing in outside counsel to review ongoing investigations after two teachers have been accused of having inappropriate relationships with students.
    Mike Darnay, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Ashcraft tapped out before being ordered to dig a grave, get inside a body bag, and consider his eulogy as instructors piled dirt on top of him.
    Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Accepted instructors set their rates and schedules, with site fees varying from 5% to 30% depending on lesson type.
    Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • While many students are comfortable with apps and touchscreens, educators say that does not always translate into the ability to troubleshoot or work independently on traditional computers.
    Darlin Tillery, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
  • If employers, educators, and adults in their lives step up and do this work well, our kids won’t have to wait until the last moment to find their path.
    Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Jiri Lehecka was raised by schoolteachers in a small village north of Prague in the Czech Republic, urged to focus on academics and play as many sports as possible and treat them as hobbies.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
  • My schoolteachers introduced me to a mix of African and Kenyan classics by such authors as Chinua Achebe and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o.
    Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Providing relief and contrast are the sisters, daughters, mothers, wives, mistresses, and nursemaids, all of whom also have views on ideal social order.
    Adam Begley, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2025
  • His character, federal agent Nelson Van Alden, fathered two different children with two different mistresses.
    Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The Berkeley poll also found widespread support among California voters for requiring that the top three financial backers supporting and opposing ballot measures be listed in official ballot voter guides.
    Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
  • In at least one instance noted in the investigation, guides allegedly laced food with baking powder to cause people to be unwell, the outlet stated.
    Alex Nitzberg, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The series follows the coaches, founders and a group of families and their respective teen sons who comprise the starting lineup for the youth baseball program in the world.
    Peter White, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The show will follow the coaches, families and teen athletes who comprise the starting lineup for one of the world’s most competitive youth baseball programs.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 2 Apr. 2026
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“Instructresses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/instructresses. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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