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educationist [chiefly British], educator, pedagogue (also pedagog), preceptor, schoolteacher, teacher
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One cue that instructors often give during lunges is to make sure your knees don't move past your toes. — Amy Marturana, SELF, "18 Lunge Variations That Will Work Your Butt From Every Angle," 5 Apr. 2019 That would be Kevin Keiley, a 55-year-old driving instructor from Worthing. — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, "Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's Instagram Account Originally Belonged to Someone Else Until They Took Over," 4 Apr. 2019 The instructor takes care to speak to the camera more than to the IRL class. — Cheryl Wischhover, Vox, "Peloton’s $2,000 stationary bike has totally disrupted working out at home," 14 Nov. 2018 The university promptly reviewed these complaints, concluding that the instructor had handled the lab incident in a wholly appropriate manner, and that her personal social media post of an old photo was not harassment under Purdue policy. — Montana Couser, The Root, "Purdue Professor Proudly Posts Photo in Blackface But Faces No Consequences Because of Free ‘Speech’," 30 June 2018 At the end of the semester, the instructors hope to have their students teach guest lessons on personal finance to high-schoolers in adjacent West Philadelphia public schools. — Laine Higgins, WSJ, "The NFL Player Moonlighting as an Ivy League Professor," 22 Feb. 2019 To the instructors here in Texas, the human body is a machine to be quantified and calibrated to an optimal state. — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, "What Happened When I Trained With Air Force Human Performance Specialists," 12 Feb. 2019 But the instructors at Street Survival are definitely into driving. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, "Forget lap times; this car control class makes teen drivers safer," 6 Nov. 2018 The instructor will personally design the day according to everyone’s need and skill level, exploring with you the best beginner areas or the most advanced terrain. — Discover Magazine, "The Great Snow of Beaver Creek," 3 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'instructor.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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