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Recent Examples of governess
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.
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Lizz Schumer, People.com, 27 May 2025
Monroe joins Thomasin McKenzie (Last Night in Soho, JoJo Rabbit) in the production that previously had Margaret Qualley in the role of the governess.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2025
As Winifred assimilates into life at Ensor House, staff members begin to inexplicably disappear, and the owners of the estate begin to wonder if there is something amiss about their new governess.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 16 May 2025
Set in 1858, the story centers on a governess named Winifred Notty, hiding her psychopathic tendencies while arriving to work at a remote gothic manor.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2025
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Lizz Schumer, People.com, 27 May 2025
Monroe joins Thomasin McKenzie (Last Night in Soho, JoJo Rabbit) in the production that previously had Margaret Qualley in the role of the governess.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2025
As Winifred assimilates into life at Ensor House, staff members begin to inexplicably disappear, and the owners of the estate begin to wonder if there is something amiss about their new governess.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 16 May 2025
Set in 1858, the story centers on a governess named Winifred Notty, hiding her psychopathic tendencies while arriving to work at a remote gothic manor.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for governess
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Where 4 Mexican cities landed on the must-travel list Mexico’s central and southern regions had a remarkable influence in the World’s Best Awards 2025, where readers ranked San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, in first place; Mexico City seventh; Oaxaca, Oaxaca, 21st; and Merida, Yucatan, 25th.—
Paula Soria,
AZCentral.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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Avid Travel + Leisure readers already know that this rule of thumb also applies to build-it-yourself tiny homes.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Aug. 2025
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After removing the orb interloper, doctors treated the man with corticosteroids—both oral and eye drop forms—to help with the inflammation.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
13 Aug. 2025
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Ashley Biden, 44, married the 58-year-old plastic surgeon and otolaryngologist (commonly known as an ear, nose, throat doctor) in June 2012.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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One example is the popular itinerant preacher known as the Public Universal Friend.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
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The 83-year-old was a preacher of 55 years from Kansas City, Mo., who rarely appeared without a suit and one of his many beloved ties.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
19 July 2025
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Some professors are assigning more work that must be handwritten or completed in class to attempt to prevent plagiarism and the overuse of AI.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
7 Aug. 2025
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The business challenges facing the early education industry amount to market failure: Businesses can’t keep up with demand and customers don’t have access to supply, said Katie Sloan, a professor at Oakland University’s Birth to Kindergarten program.—
Beki San Martin,
Freep.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Honoree Fleming, a retired college dean, was shot dead in October 2023 while walking near her favorite trail near the Vermont State University campus in Castleton, Vt., the Associated Press reported at the time.—
NWA Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
8 Aug. 2025
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Blake Fabrikant has seen the benefits of phone-free schools as the dean of students at The Sharon Academy, a small independent high school in Sharon, Vt.—
Charlotte Alter,
Time,
4 Aug. 2025
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True, big global history is not for pedants and must be selective to remain accessible.—
Walter Scheidel,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Apr. 2022
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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 21 Aug. 2025.
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