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By the end of the school year, the headmaster sent a letter home suggesting Hart pursue his high school career elsewhere.—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 3 June 2026 Back at the school, Jamison's (Ava Marie Telek) crying in the headmaster's office.—Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026 Overprivileged students had a tendency to see teachers and headmasters not as authority figures but as people of lower social standing.—Thomas Adam, The Conversation, 29 May 2026 John Lithgow co-stars as beloved Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore.—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 10 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for headmaster