as in teacher
a person whose occupation is to give formal instruction in a school
schoolteachers don't always get the summers off, for some teach during that period as well
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Recent Examples of schoolteacher
The Boston City Council unanimously approved a home rule petition that would hike disability pension benefits for a former city schoolteacher who was pummeled by a 16-year-old student in a 2021 attack that left her with traumatic brain damage.
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Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 21 May 2025
The first was to flash back to the schoolteacher with the soda.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 17 May 2025
The decade was marked by a fierce backlash against gay rights, with legislative initiatives targeting gay schoolteachers, a wave of discharges of gay servicemen and women and the birth of an alliance between the stridently anti-gay religious right and conservative politicians.
—Duane Michals Eric Jason Martin Krish Seenivasan Zak Mouton, New York Times, 12 May 2025
On their episode, in particular, Jones plays a schoolteacher named Amanda who resorts to a high-tech brain system after a health scare nearly ends her life, while Ross plays the sales rep for the company, which infiltrates Amanda's life in unexpected ways.
—Stacy Lambe, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 21 May 2025
The first was to flash back to the schoolteacher with the soda.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 17 May 2025
The decade was marked by a fierce backlash against gay rights, with legislative initiatives targeting gay schoolteachers, a wave of discharges of gay servicemen and women and the birth of an alliance between the stridently anti-gay religious right and conservative politicians.
—Duane Michals Eric Jason Martin Krish Seenivasan Zak Mouton, New York Times, 12 May 2025
On their episode, in particular, Jones plays a schoolteacher named Amanda who resorts to a high-tech brain system after a health scare nearly ends her life, while Ross plays the sales rep for the company, which infiltrates Amanda's life in unexpected ways.
—Stacy Lambe, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schoolteacher
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Hardin, 56, was in prison serving a decadeslong sentence for the 2017 murder of water department employee James Appleton in Gateway, Arkansas, and the 1997 rape of a school teacher in nearby Rogers.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
8 June 2025
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The Mount Kinabalu earthquake of 2015 claimed 18 lives, including Singaporean students and teachers who had traveled to Borneo on a school expedition.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
7 June 2025
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It was conjured by Jacob Adler, a composer and educator from Arizona State University, stitched together from image generators, synthetic voices, and video animation tools — most notably Runway’s Gen-3, the company’s latest text-to-video model.—
Craig S. Smith,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Jones would later admit that the shooting was real, and actually did kill 20 young children and six educators.—
Tovia Smith,
NPR,
6 June 2025
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These aren’t the kinds of problems a self-reliant horse-riding instructor typically has to concern herself with.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
7 June 2025
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The wet lease includes a pilot available to run the sub on demand, although those who prefer to keep their hands on the wheel can gain certification at the company’s training center in Curacao or have an instructor come to them for onboard lessons.—
J. George Gorant,
Robb Report,
6 June 2025
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“Schoolteacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolteacher. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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