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didacts

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plural of didact

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Leaders of the state’s largest teachers union plan to focus their efforts on passing Proposition 3, which would make permanent an existing tax on certain high earners to fund schools and community colleges.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
More than a hundred students, parents and teachers are calling on the Miami-Dade School Board to say enough is enough with laying down burning hot plastic turf in schools.

— Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026

Definition of teachers

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During a meeting last month, dozens of students and educators packed the school board’s auditorium to support Broderick, in a contentious meeting that at times erupted in shouting amid questions over what can be said during public comments.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2026
In addition, educators will teach how the Bible shaped history and literature over the centuries.

— Rachel Royster. Produced with AI assistance, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2026

Definition of educators

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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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These include instructors who would normally be spending their days teaching the basics of how to handle firearms, pull over speeding motorists, collect evidence at a crime scene and interview victims and suspects.

— Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
According to prosecutors, Pocovi, who was leading a group of seven divers, violated safety protocols and regulations governing professional diving instructors, La Nacion reported.

— Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026

Definition of instructors

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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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Burnham has said that his Catholic schoolteachers helped shape his political consciousness.

— Nick Tabor, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 June 2026
At those gatherings, there will be fans like these two schoolteachers, who have saved their money for decades to watch the world’s best play all over the world.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2026

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