docents

Definition of docentsnext
plural of docent

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Noun
  • Almost immediately after releasing Einstein, Paliwal started receiving emails from professors chastising him for creating a tool seemingly designed to perpetuate academic fraud.
    Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
  • To identify books and compile the list, The Times surveyed more than 200 luminaries in the book and journalism worlds, including prize-winning authors, Man Booker Prize judges, Ivy League professors, literary agents and journalists, along with several zealous book clubs.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Black paired up with Marcello Hernández to play martial arts instructors who teach unorthodox self-defense methods.
    Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The courses are tied to the needs of the local economy, and many instructors are business owners or experts who work in the area and volunteer their time to work with the students.
    Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The case began in March 2025, after a video emerged showing educators at Millsap Elementary interacting with special needs students in ways that parents described as abusive.
    Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Seeing injustice justified with IQ, educators grew increasingly fed up with the indicator in the second half of the 20th century.
    Big Think, Big Think, 6 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Her hospital has recently started a menopause support group led by doctors and, at the request of participants, an upcoming session will focus on helping women navigate through the marketing onslaught.
    ABC News, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • If traditional doctors don’t promise their patients these things, however, others surely will.
    Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Both phases will require workers – mostly schoolteachers and government officials – to go door-to-door to collect information.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Jiri Lehecka was raised by schoolteachers in a small village north of Prague in the Czech Republic, urged to focus on academics and play as many sports as possible and treat them as hobbies.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • In addition, the research deans from various colleges here at MSU discuss these issues regularly with each other and other university officials to strategize how to navigate these difficult times, sharing information among people with different roles.
    Nara Parameswaran, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
  • These are the terms favored in higher ed, terms that make assessment possible, terms that accreditors and deans like.
    Peter Wayne Moe, Longreads, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Nataly Degante and Mayra Vargas, who graduated in 2023, have begun working as preceptors — practitioners who supervise interns or students during clinical trainings — at organizations in Los Angeles.
    Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The guides, who are not credentialed educators, supervise students and act as motivators and mentors.
    Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Multiple Sacramento Bee readers recently reached out to the service journalism team to ask for guides on where to eat when looking to save money and when hoping to splurge on a nice meal.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2026
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“Docents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/docents. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.

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