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Recent Examples of docent
The walk is led by a blind docent who will talk about the importance of senses in exploring nature.
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Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
Among one of her volunteer fortes is as a tulip docent.
—Daily News, 20 Mar. 2026
Francisco George, a longtime art collector and docent at LACMA, is a Frieze regular.
—Tyler Matthew Oyer
feb. 27, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
Each day includes an artistic activity, including a conversation with a Modern docent or educator, a gallery project and complimentary food for kids 12 and under.
—Alyson Rodriguez, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
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Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
Among one of her volunteer fortes is as a tulip docent.
—Daily News, 20 Mar. 2026
Francisco George, a longtime art collector and docent at LACMA, is a Frieze regular.
—Tyler Matthew Oyer
feb. 27, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
Each day includes an artistic activity, including a conversation with a Modern docent or educator, a gallery project and complimentary food for kids 12 and under.
—Alyson Rodriguez, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for docent
Noun
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Jane Kirtley, a former reporter, lawyer and longtime UMN professor, was awarded the John Borger Lifetime Achievement Award Wednesday night.—
Mars King,
Twin Cities,
28 May 2026
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And as higher-income shoppers trade down from premium brands to cheaper alternatives, demand for lower-cost goods rises, said David Ortega, a food economics professor at Michigan State University.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
27 May 2026
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But the former collegiate swimmer and aerobics instructor was none of those.—
Roni Robbins,
AJC.com,
27 May 2026
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Across Miami-Dade, driving-school instructors say the change has turned the path to a license into a longer, more expensive and more stressful process for immigrants and other limited-English speakers who need to drive to work, buy groceries, take children to school and get to appointments.—
Vera Lucia Pappaterra,
Miami Herald,
27 May 2026
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Some doctors employed wildly improbable cures when treating these pestilential tumors.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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Despite a viral online claim, scientists and doctors have repeatedly said the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin is not a proven treatment.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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The ruling caps a dramatic downturn in the longtime educator’s two-decade career in urban education, according to the Associated Press (AP).—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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Rosa Barradas, a 24-year-old Gilroy educator, spoke with this news organization before the group began to march.—
Molly Gibbs,
Mercury News,
31 May 2026
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As many others have noted, including Fortune contributor Bhaskar Chakravorti, dean of global business at the Tufts Fletcher School, this is now structurally unwinding, rather than slowly eroding.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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The interim position will go to Katheleen Guzman, former dean of the University of Oklahoma law school.—
Ryan Anderson,
Arkansas Online,
29 May 2026
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His wife was a schoolteacher there.—
Roxana Popescu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 May 2026
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Public schoolteachers are also holding separate talks regarding salary improvements.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 May 2026
Noun
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The series is devised and curated by poet/singer-songwriter/teacher Darius Degher who, along with poet-pedagogue Marit Anderson and local arts impresario Michael Schmitt, hosts the readings, according to a news release.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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Captain İsmet, Detective Kenan, and pedagogue Aysun uncover dark truths hidden in the town’s silence, where fear and guilt protect the killer.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Docent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/docent. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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