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Recent Examples of docent
It was still closed to the public, so we were accompanied by a docent, Mary Calvaresi, from California State Parks.
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Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
My journey began with a silent docent in a red dress who led me down a hallway.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
According to McDaniels, an existing youth museum docent program is already struggling in the wake of low funding, not able to take on new youth docents sitting on a long waitlist.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Two years were necessary to source the stones used to evoke the chromatic richness of the Toile de Jouy print that called for some 27 colors — the maximum number possible, a docent noted during the evening.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 7 July 2025
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Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
My journey began with a silent docent in a red dress who led me down a hallway.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
According to McDaniels, an existing youth museum docent program is already struggling in the wake of low funding, not able to take on new youth docents sitting on a long waitlist.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Two years were necessary to source the stones used to evoke the chromatic richness of the Toile de Jouy print that called for some 27 colors — the maximum number possible, a docent noted during the evening.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 7 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for docent
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Eric Heberlig, a UNC Charlotte politics professor, said the election fit the pattern of a typical mid-presidential-term backlash, where the out-of-power party’s voters are more energized to turn out.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Nov. 2025
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According to Hugh Lewis, a professor of astronautics at the University of Southampton in the UK, if those trends continue, Starlink satellites will have to perform roughly a million maneuvers every six months by 2028.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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What begins as a private project, however, becomes a passion when her work is noticed by photography instructor, Paul Sorenson.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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Expert instructors will teach you strategies to network successfully, revamp your resume and confidently transition into your dream career.—
Megan Sauer,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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If a doctor is discussing GLP1-s with a patient and hasn’t brought up other solutions yet, Sage might prompt them to talk about it, Segert said.—
Alexis Kayser,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Some patients may also notice changes in blood test results, like lower levels of blood cells or certain minerals, which doctors can monitor during treatment.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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His educator license remains active, according to Indiana's teacher licensure database.—
Caroline Beck,
IndyStar,
7 Nov. 2025
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Jessica Knackert, a Milwaukee wildlife educator and biologist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, said one reason is that foliage where coyotes like to conceal themselves becomes sparse at this time of year, as trees lose their leaves and snow starts to fall.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Many of the homes that have collapsed were hundreds of feet away from the ocean’s shoreline when they were initially built, said Reide Corbett, the dean of the Coastal Studies Institute at East Carolina University.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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In his nearly 20 years in Miami as dean of the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music and of all things jazz in this town, Berg has proven his knack for bringing unexpected combinations of great artists together under one roof.—
Helena Alonso Paisley,
Miami Herald,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Here's everything to know about the former schoolteacher.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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In the upcoming Louise Kennedy adaptation, Anderson plays Gina, mother of protagonist Cushla (Lola Petticrew), a young Catholic schoolteacher whose life in 1975 Northern Ireland is overshadowed by the Troubles.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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Even for instructors that care about teaching, keeping student’s attention is increasingly challenging from pedagogues at elementary schools to graduate school professors at elite universities as students show up distracted and on their phones.—
Sergei Revzin,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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They are attracted to personalities that feel to them more like friends than pedagogues.—
Caroline Downey,
National Review,
18 July 2025
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“Docent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/docent. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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