docent

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Recent Examples of docent My journey began with a silent docent in a red dress who led me down a hallway. Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025 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. 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 See All Example Sentences for docent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for docent
Noun
  • Alan Hastings, a distinguished professor emeritus at UC Davis, described Hullar as the UC Davis chancellor most widely criticized by faculty members.
    Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The 54-year old currently works as professor of Egyptology at Helwan University in Greater Cairo, focusing on the civilization and archaeology of ancient Egypt.
    Preeti Jha, semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The contestant who shows the most star quality wins a life-changing cash prize and a contract to join a reputable sports brand as a fitness instructor or ambassador.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The origins of the beat are unclear, but students likely started it, according to the district’s drumline instructor Jeremy Reyes, who helped lead the high school musicians in the video.
    Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Kennedy sought the advice of doctors after dealing with severe memory loss and brain fog, reportedly leading to a scan of his brain that showed a dark spot in the imagery.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Imagine doctors receiving vital medical kits from orbit after a natural disaster, or soldiers getting urgent supplies in minutes instead of hours.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • His dad raced, and Vinson followed in his father’s footsteps beginning at age 14 before eventually stopping to focus on his career as an educator, first as a teacher and coach, then eventually an administrator, principal and now a superintendent.
    Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Several educators have been fired from schools and universities nationwide in connection with comments on Kirk’s death, ABC News reported.
    Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Among them is Su Jionglong, deputy dean of the School of AI and Advanced Computing at Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University, who studies how the technology can help reduce discrimination, provide emotional support, and enable faster medical diagnoses.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Aleksandar Tomic, an economist and associate dean for strategy, innovation, and technology at Boston College, said prediction markets like Polymarket have existed before.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • That’s what allowed his wife, a schoolteacher in New Hampshire, to retire.
    Jim Cramer, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 15 Oct. 2025.

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