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Recent Examples of docent
Before my press screening of that film, a docent was sent into the theater to instruct journalists to remain seated through the credits, despite the fact that by Coogler's own assertion, Sinners is a stand-alone work, not the first in a burgeoning vampire universe.
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Eliana Dockterman, Time, 11 July 2025
The city owns and maintains the sanctuary, but the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, says museum naturalist Natalie Johnston, provides education in the form of volunteer docents and field trips.
—A.k. Whitney, Oc Register, 4 June 2025
The tour includes some of La Jolla’s most beautiful secluded gardens and expert docents who share historical and botanical insights.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
Museum docents lead participants into and out of the installations.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
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Eliana Dockterman, Time, 11 July 2025
The city owns and maintains the sanctuary, but the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, says museum naturalist Natalie Johnston, provides education in the form of volunteer docents and field trips.
—A.k. Whitney, Oc Register, 4 June 2025
The tour includes some of La Jolla’s most beautiful secluded gardens and expert docents who share historical and botanical insights.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
Museum docents lead participants into and out of the installations.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for docent
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But the effects of the country’s objections are more than symbolic, said Kristopher Velasco, a sociology professor at Princeton University who studies how international institutions and nongovernmental organizations have worked to expand or curtail LGBTQ+ rights.—
Lisa Song,
ProPublica,
7 Aug. 2025
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The business challenges facing the early education industry amount to market failure: Businesses can’t keep up with demand and customers don’t have access to supply, said Katie Sloan, a professor at Oakland University’s Birth to Kindergarten program.—
Beki San Martin,
Freep.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Laptops and tablets create barriers between you and the instructor.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Learn from three expert instructors how to showcase your skills, build a stellar reputation, and create a digital presence that AI can't replicate.—
Ernestine Siu,
CNBC,
5 Aug. 2025
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After removing the orb interloper, doctors treated the man with corticosteroids—both oral and eye drop forms—to help with the inflammation.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
13 Aug. 2025
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Ashley Biden, 44, married the 58-year-old plastic surgeon and otolaryngologist (commonly known as an ear, nose, throat doctor) in June 2012.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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Hilton also wants to implement a letter grade system for schools and reform teacher tenure, which gives educators stronger job protections and is typically granted after two school years.—
Amelia Wu,
Sacbee.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Johnson has worked as an educator for nearly 30 years, and has been employed by District U-46 for her entire career.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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Honoree Fleming, a retired college dean, was shot dead in October 2023 while walking near her favorite trail near the Vermont State University campus in Castleton, Vt., the Associated Press reported at the time.—
NWA Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
8 Aug. 2025
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Blake Fabrikant has seen the benefits of phone-free schools as the dean of students at The Sharon Academy, a small independent high school in Sharon, Vt.—
Charlotte Alter,
Time,
4 Aug. 2025
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Seventeen students from schoolteacher Justine Gandy’s third-grade class left their beds and their homes at 2:17 a.m. one night, running, arms outstretched, to a destination and a fate unknown.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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Afro-Peruvian singer Susana initially worked as a schoolteacher, then began traveling across the Peruvian coastline with her husband, Ricardo Pereira, studying the culture.—
Thania Garcia,
Variety,
7 Aug. 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 20 Aug. 2025.
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