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Recent Examples of docent
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.
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Volunteers are on-site throughout the display’s Antioch stay, acting as docents in guiding tours, while security is also provided.
—Gregory Harutunian, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 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
The county approved a Spanish Colonial Revival-style replacement, funded in part by a bond, with cost overruns paid for by taxes on oil extraction in the county, said Bob Dickey, a docent for the Santa Barbara County Courthouse.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Volunteers are on-site throughout the display’s Antioch stay, acting as docents in guiding tours, while security is also provided.
—Gregory Harutunian, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 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
The county approved a Spanish Colonial Revival-style replacement, funded in part by a bond, with cost overruns paid for by taxes on oil extraction in the county, said Bob Dickey, a docent for the Santa Barbara County Courthouse.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for docent
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Doing so could lead to serious consequences, including years in prison, according to Steve Levin, a University of Maryland Carey School of Law professor.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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Cave is a professor at the School of The Art Institute of Chicago in addition to being an artist.—
Duante Beddingfield,
Freep.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Joe Rao serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New York's Hayden Planetarium.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Previous instructors Vishnu Sinha from Columbia University and Berlinale Talents alumna Paromita Dhar are returning.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
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Experts liken these markers to fingerprints that can help doctors match each patient with the treatment most likely to work for them, making care more precise and personalized than ever before.—
Dr. Noor Shaik,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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This realistic doctor’s coat has everything your aspiring doctor needs to give their patients a check-up, including a face mask, a stethoscope with sound effects (AAA batteries not included), thermometer, syringe, reflex hammer, and reusable name tag.—
Katrina Cossey,
Parents,
1 Oct. 2025
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Turnover among educators in Wisconsin public schools has declined from pandemic-era highs but remains elevated, according to a new report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum.—
Kayla Huynh,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The heroism of educators and staff who kept students quiet under pews and sheltered in a downstairs classroom is vividly revealed.—
Michael Dorgan , Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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The video went viral, triggering backlash from Republican lawmakers who called for McCoul to be fired and praised the fact that the school also demoted the College of Arts and Science’s dean and revoked administrative duties from a department head.—
Laura Gail Miller,
The Conversation,
30 Sep. 2025
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Clemens also claims in his suit that school dean Jed Atkins was using the messaging app Signal, known for end-to-end encryption for messages and calls and disappearing messages, to communicate with members of the board.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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Anat, the mother, is a schoolteacher who has passed on to her pupils and to her child the ethos of military service in defense of the country.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
3 Oct. 2025
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That’s what allowed his wife, a schoolteacher in New Hampshire, to retire.—
Jim Cramer,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 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 6 Oct. 2025.
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