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Recent Examples of docent
Museum docents lead participants into and out of the installations.
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Staffed with knowledgeable docents, this nature preserve is open year-round and free to enter, but the best time to visit is between October and February, when its winged occupants are here in droves.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2025
The Del Cerro resident spent her childhood in Coronado and works with the Coronado Historical Association as a docent.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2025
Junior rangers: Kids ages 6 to 10 years old can earn a Nature Ranger certificate after following a series of activities led by docents from 9 to 11 a.m.
—Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2025
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Staffed with knowledgeable docents, this nature preserve is open year-round and free to enter, but the best time to visit is between October and February, when its winged occupants are here in droves.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2025
The Del Cerro resident spent her childhood in Coronado and works with the Coronado Historical Association as a docent.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2025
Junior rangers: Kids ages 6 to 10 years old can earn a Nature Ranger certificate after following a series of activities led by docents from 9 to 11 a.m.
—Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for docent
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Other notable cast members include John Lithgow as Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore; Paapa Essiedu as enigmatic potions professor Severus Snape; and Lox Pratt as Hogwarts bully Draco Malfoy.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
15 July 2025
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Soon, professors were asking her boyfriend about his dinner plans.—
Sughnen Yongo,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Di Bona was hailed for his long run with Vin Di Bona Productions and his extensive efforts to train the next generation through his work as an instructor and member of the board of trustees of Emerson College, his alma mater.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
12 July 2025
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There is a $10 per person fee paid to the instructor.—
Kris Slugg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 July 2025
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But Ziegler also predicts that more risk-averse doctors will feel the law doesn't offer enough clarity to offset the steep penalties that still exist.—
Olivia Aldridge,
NPR,
19 July 2025
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Cubans, including white-collar professionals, doctors and teachers, make the equivalent of roughly $15 a month in Cuban pesos.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
19 July 2025
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Jasmine Chaney, 29, an educator in Charlotte, came to support the presentation of Black culture.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
12 July 2025
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At the home, deputies found David, the Wisconsin State Patrol Bureau of Transportation Safety and Technical Services Director, and Teri, an educator, dead.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
11 July 2025
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The shows are also considered a powerful symbol of Puerto Rican self-reliance and the belief that the US territory can stand tall on its own, says Javier J. Hernández Acosta, dean of the School of Arts, Design and Creative Industries at the Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in San Juan.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
11 July 2025
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The group’s chair, Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, a kidney specialist who was a former dean at the University of Pennsylvania’s medical school, said in an interview that his organization had worked with the Trump administration and that threats of funding cuts were key to the effort.—
Azeen Ghorayshi,
Chicago Tribune,
11 July 2025
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Naturally, his dad (Chris Cooper) disapproves of his son's ambitions, but a kind schoolteacher (Laura Dern) encourages his passion.—
Sophie van Bastelaer,
EW.com,
7 July 2025
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Glen in Free Willy is a basically decent, not-too-eloquent guy who owns a tow truck and is married to a schoolteacher named Annie (Jayne Atkinson).—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
4 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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Roach is, clearly, among fashion’s most powerful pedagogues.—
Daniel Rodgers,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Docent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/docent. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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