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 first year, delegates from the local party leadership and schoolteachers gathered parents and instructed them in how to decorate a tree.
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Andrew Fedorov, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2025
Yet vivid new details emerge — at one point, a schoolteacher is at an early Elvis concert and sees a former student losing her mind, as so many did, during her performance.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 16 Dec. 2025
Marbrey said the charges against the retired Hamilton Township, New Jersey, elementary schoolteacher stem from an investigation into online child exploitation by her office’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 10 Dec. 2025
That evening, Deplazes and Francestg Friberg, a schoolteacher and a Pro Idioms member, led me up a hillside where Friberg kept his horses, Carmelot and Amarena.
—Simon Akam, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
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Andrew Fedorov, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2025
Yet vivid new details emerge — at one point, a schoolteacher is at an early Elvis concert and sees a former student losing her mind, as so many did, during her performance.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 16 Dec. 2025
Marbrey said the charges against the retired Hamilton Township, New Jersey, elementary schoolteacher stem from an investigation into online child exploitation by her office’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 10 Dec. 2025
That evening, Deplazes and Francestg Friberg, a schoolteacher and a Pro Idioms member, led me up a hillside where Friberg kept his horses, Carmelot and Amarena.
—Simon Akam, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schoolteacher
Noun
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From Woodland to Rocklin and even Natomas, teachers in the Sacramento region are prepared to strike as soon as the spring.—
Madisen Keavy,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, David was a teacher and football coach at the neighboring school, Alief Hastings.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
11 Jan. 2026
Noun
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From practical to fascinating OLLI instructors are volunteers, including many UNT faculty members who take time to lead classes.—
Kelley Bruss,
Dallas Morning News,
14 Jan. 2026
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Devanshu Mehrotra, lead instructor of data science and data analytics at General Assembly, tells Fortune that these figures represent an expectation gap between employers and their workforce.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
14 Jan. 2026
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In these and other cases, districts concluded the incidents did not amount to antisemitism or discrimination — rulings the state disagreed with, saying educators had not complied with state requirements and had violated anti-discrimination law.—
Molly Gibbs,
Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2026
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The high risk of injury or death has spawned activism from teachers and students, as well as the uptick of educators quitting the profession.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Schoolteacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolteacher. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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