: of, relating to, used for, or engaged in teaching
a teaching aid
the teaching profession
a teaching assistant
Examples of teaching in a Sentence
Noun
He went into teaching after college.
a chemist who has devoted his career to teaching, even though he could have made a lot more money in an industrial job
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CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026
Class size and pay topped the questions many eager teaching candidates asked representatives from local school districts Friday at the Indiana University Northwest School of Education’s teacher recruitment fair at its Gary campus.
—Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
Classified employees — or non-teaching staff who support school operations such instructional aids, paraprofessionals, custodians, food service workers and bus drivers — will not hold a collective sympathy strike, although individual members are legally allowed to do so.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 3 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Bellamkonda, a bioengineer and neuroscientist, joined the university after holding leadership, research or teaching positions at Emory University, Duke, Georgia Tech and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
—CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026
Class size and pay topped the questions many eager teaching candidates asked representatives from local school districts Friday at the Indiana University Northwest School of Education’s teacher recruitment fair at its Gary campus.
—Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
Adjective
Instead, the cuts will target non-teaching jobs.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
Classified employees — or non-teaching staff who support school operations such instructional aids, paraprofessionals, custodians, food service workers and bus drivers — will not hold a collective sympathy strike, although individual members are legally allowed to do so.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 3 Mar. 2026
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“Teaching.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teaching. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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