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Recent Examples of docent
Moving into an entirely different field, like the advertising executive who became a docent in a museum.
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Nancy K. Schlossberg, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
These included docent programs for student groups, a public idea contest via COMEUP’s social media, a mobile-friendly networking platform, and live Q&A sessions with speakers.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2024
The Beach Boys performed there, and stars including Frank Sinatra, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz vacationed there, according to Linda Beal, a volunteer docent at the closed Salton Sea History Museum.
—Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
Takahashi also recently designed uniforms for the institution’s staff and docents.
—WWD, 20 Feb. 2025
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Nancy K. Schlossberg, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
These included docent programs for student groups, a public idea contest via COMEUP’s social media, a mobile-friendly networking platform, and live Q&A sessions with speakers.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2024
The Beach Boys performed there, and stars including Frank Sinatra, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz vacationed there, according to Linda Beal, a volunteer docent at the closed Salton Sea History Museum.
—Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
Takahashi also recently designed uniforms for the institution’s staff and docents.
—WWD, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for docent
Noun
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Upon finding the document, Carpenter teamed up with fellow academic Nicholas Vincent, a professor of medieval history at Britain’s University of East Anglia, in order to confirm its authenticity, per The Guardian.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
18 May 2025
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Actor/screenwriter/director Eva Victor performs a tightrope walk with their acclaimed Sundance debut that recounts the ways that New England professor Agnes (Victor) copes and moves through the aftermath of a traumatic event.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
17 May 2025
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Expert instructors will teach you strategies to network successfully, revamp your resume and confidently transition into your dream career.—
Natalie Wu,
CNBC,
15 May 2025
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Howard Fuller, an instructor for the Connecticut Rider Education Program at Tunxis Community College, said attitudes are different on the roads these days with distracted and disrespectful driving toward others.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
15 May 2025
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During the proceedings, and while her doctor was testifying about Ozturk's asthma diagnosis, a lawyer appearing alongside her in Louisiana said Ozturk was suffering from an asthma attack, and she was briefly excused for 10 minutes.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
10 May 2025
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There, it’ll be tested for 14 different strains of HPV that are most often associated with cancer, just like how a sample collected by your doctor would be.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
9 May 2025
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Before sports betting was legalized, Heather Eshleman, the prevention manager at the Maryland Center of Excellence on Problem Gambling, got roughly three requests a year from educators requesting presentations on sports betting addiction.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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The McColl Center’s $40,000 grant was going toward its summer artist residency program for artists who are parents, caregivers or educators.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
13 May 2025
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The audience was private, but the Vatican released Leo’s prepared text and that of the dean of the diplomatic corps.—
Nicole Winfield,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2025
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In a 2009 case, the Supreme Court said FERPA is only about the records that are permanently stored in the principal’s office or the dean’s office and a file that corresponds to a student’s name.—
Holly Yan,
CNN Money,
10 May 2025
Noun
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On their episode, in particular, Jones plays a schoolteacher named Amanda who resorts to a high-tech brain system after a health scare nearly ends her life, while Ross plays the sales rep for the company, which infiltrates Amanda's life in unexpected ways.—
Stacy Lambe,
People.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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But the schoolteacher’s house on the corner that signaled the start of his neighborhood was leveled.—
Dan Woike,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 Mar. 2025
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Roach is, clearly, among fashion’s most powerful pedagogues.—
Daniel Rodgers,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
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The course is a two-year Master of Fine Arts degree and will prepare students to enter the industry as intimacy coordinators for film and visual media, intimacy directors for theater and live performance, and intimacy pedagogues for teaching in education and in the profession.—
Patrick Frater,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2023
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“Docent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/docent. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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