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academicians

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plural of academician

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This week, as Spanish children across the country started their school year, the Reina Sofia primary school in Ceuta did its best to prepare for a normal first week, too – getting the front entrance clean and putting photos of teachers on the wall.

— Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2026
Meanwhile, Florida teachers and adjunct professors are working full courseloads, grading papers, and often taking second and third jobs just to get by.

— José Javier Rodríguez, Sun Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of teachers

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As one example of how educators might balance digital tools, the report said Singapore used technology in its classrooms but also emphasized reading comprehension early on.

— Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
But the goal of educators still has to be developing writers and readers even when AI can interpret texts and generate writing, according to Kirsten Peterson, a senior project manager at the nonprofit Education Development Center.

— Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026

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The team combines expertise from engineering science, philosophy and experimental psychology, supported by the University of Oxford senior academics combining academic rigor with Polestar’s automotive expertise.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 May 2026
These boards, comprised of academics and civic leaders, are tasked with upholding academic integrity while ensuring institutional accountability.

— Ilya Shapiro, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025

Definition of academics

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Depending on the session, drivers learn braking techniques, vehicle control and high-speed maneuvers with guidance from experienced instructors.

— Chris Teague, AJC.com, 4 Sep. 2026
The show was created through a partnership with Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, and students and instructors appear throughout.

— Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of instructors

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Medieval schoolmen worrying over Aristotle could be pedants; so could cultivated female salonnières in seventeenth-century Paris.

— Clare Bucknell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
As botanists and pedants will tell you, figs are technically a flower, not a fruit.

— Emily Saladino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Sep. 2025

Definition of pedants

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There are not nearly enough supervisors, known as preceptors, willing to take on students for those 500 hours of training.

— Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 24 Aug. 2026
Nataly Degante and Mayra Vargas, who graduated in 2023, have begun working as preceptors — practitioners who supervise interns or students during clinical trainings — at organizations in Los Angeles.

— Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026

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