docents

Definition of docentsnext
plural of docent

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Noun
  • My professors there were gifted close readers.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
  • May’s original complaint to the Bar was co-signed by Lawyers Defending American Democracy, Democracy Defenders Fund, and Lawyers for the Rule of Law, along with 70 prominent legal ethics professors, former judges and lawyers.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Ashcraft tapped out before being ordered to dig a grave, get inside a body bag, and consider his eulogy as instructors piled dirt on top of him.
    Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Accepted instructors set their rates and schedules, with site fees varying from 5% to 30% depending on lesson type.
    Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 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
  • 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
  • My schoolteachers introduced me to a mix of African and Kenyan classics by such authors as Chinua Achebe and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o.
    Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 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
  • The Berkeley poll also found widespread support among California voters for requiring that the top three financial backers supporting and opposing ballot measures be listed in official ballot voter guides.
    Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
  • In at least one instance noted in the investigation, guides allegedly laced food with baking powder to cause people to be unwell, the outlet stated.
    Alex Nitzberg, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026
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“Docents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/docents. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.

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