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Recent Examples of governess
Previous generations left children at home with governesses when traveling.
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Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2025
But the love between a strict naval officer (Christopher Plummer) and his carefree governess (Julie Andrews) is at the center of the story.
—Lia Beck, EW.com, 25 June 2025
In the evenings, Vincent embarks on a surreptitious love affair with Arthur, a soldier on leave — who's also the son of Vincent's governess.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 27 May 2025
However, the Mother Abbess (Irma Gloria) has other plans, sending Maria to be governess to the seven children of widowed Captain von Trapp (Noah Peacock).
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 7 May 2025
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Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2025
But the love between a strict naval officer (Christopher Plummer) and his carefree governess (Julie Andrews) is at the center of the story.
—Lia Beck, EW.com, 25 June 2025
In the evenings, Vincent embarks on a surreptitious love affair with Arthur, a soldier on leave — who's also the son of Vincent's governess.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 27 May 2025
However, the Mother Abbess (Irma Gloria) has other plans, sending Maria to be governess to the seven children of widowed Captain von Trapp (Noah Peacock).
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for governess
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Information collected by a license plate reader connects a DoorDash driver's SUV to the fatal shooting of a Canadian tourist, Sheboygan County prosecutors said in court documents.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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Books will be shipped directly to borrowers at no cost and will contain return postage, ensuring the library remains free to readers.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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Experts liken these markers to fingerprints that can help doctors match each patient with the treatment most likely to work for them, making care more precise and personalized than ever before.—
Dr. Noor Shaik,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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This realistic doctor’s coat has everything your aspiring doctor needs to give their patients a check-up, including a face mask, a stethoscope with sound effects (AAA batteries not included), thermometer, syringe, reflex hammer, and reusable name tag.—
Katrina Cossey,
Parents,
1 Oct. 2025
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Carolyn Smith, the late preacher’s daughter, said her father — like Pendleton a Knoxville College graduate — was instrumental in recruiting Pendleton and other Black educators to teach in San Diego.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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Most famously, the late preacher and radio host Harold Camping predicted doomsday again and again.—
C. A. Bridges,
AZCentral.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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Doing so could lead to serious consequences, including years in prison, according to Steve Levin, a University of Maryland Carey School of Law professor.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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Cave is a professor at the School of The Art Institute of Chicago in addition to being an artist.—
Duante Beddingfield,
Freep.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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The letter, sent to Hook by the university's dean of the College of Fine Arts, Bruce Kelley, said Hook violated policy.—
Deputy News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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Students can enroll with a major of their choice and a Native American studies minor, said Anette Reed, Wileety Native American College’s dean.—
Emma Hall,
Sacbee.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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As botanists and pedants will tell you, figs are technically a flower, not a fruit.—
Emily Saladino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
20 Sep. 2025
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Incidentally, for the pedants out there (WIRED salutes you), technically this is not a jet ski, but a personal watercraft, or PWC.—
WIRED,
WIRED,
18 Nov. 2023
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There’s little scaffolding or bridging, virtually no space given to centralized agencies, which most development academicians would agree still have their place.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Other founding principals include fellow academicians Andrei Shleifer and Robert Vishny.—
Charles Rotblut,
Forbes,
18 Dec. 2024
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Chinese research took a long while to recover from Mao’s purge of academe.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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His ideas have particularly struck a chord with readers who deal in aesthetics—artists, curators, designers, and architects—even though Han has not quite been embraced by philosophy academe.—
Kyle Chayka,
The New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2024
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“Governess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/governess. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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