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Recent Examples of governess
Maybe for a governess, but a maid?
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Christina Grace Tucker, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
Like many young women of her generation, Lady Anne was educated at home by a governess and reportedly excelled at music and languages.
—Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 17 Feb. 2026
Coming from humbler circumstances than Hedda, who is a general’s daughter, Thea previously worked as a governess before marrying her employer, a widower two decades her senior.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
Take over all five bedrooms but leave the cooking up to Nadia, the governess of the riad.
—Lauren Burvill, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2026
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Christina Grace Tucker, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
Like many young women of her generation, Lady Anne was educated at home by a governess and reportedly excelled at music and languages.
—Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 17 Feb. 2026
Coming from humbler circumstances than Hedda, who is a general’s daughter, Thea previously worked as a governess before marrying her employer, a widower two decades her senior.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
Take over all five bedrooms but leave the cooking up to Nadia, the governess of the riad.
—Lauren Burvill, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for governess
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Lynn's infectious personality and ongoing quest for selfies made her someone that everyone wanted to know, and her sharp wit kept readers coming back for more.—
Jesse Sarles,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
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What appears elegant to a human reader often appears inefficient to an AI system.—
Sreedhar Potarazu,
Baltimore Sun,
20 June 2026
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Ruth has a largely impeccable physical from her doctors, as Tom discovers.—
Jen Chaney,
Vulture,
17 June 2026
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The outlet reported that Feldman felt sick on the flight and was examined by a doctor who happened to be on board.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
16 June 2026
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She was born into slavery in the North and later won her freedom, becoming an acclaimed speaker, preacher and activist.—
Jocelyn Frye,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 June 2026
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According to the Daily Mail report, the preacher and Key exchanged a series of text messages in the spring of 2026 that his wife eventually read.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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Nonetheless, Ossoff will have to appeal to independents, who will decide the outcome, according to Charles Bullock, a University of Georgia political science professor and expert on Southern politics.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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Alison Wood Brooks, a behavioral research scientist and professor at Harvard Business School, has studied pre-performance anxiety and the science of communication.—
Rustin Dodd,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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Pageants, deans' lists, graduations or military enlistments are not accepted.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 June 2026
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Before serving as president of the University of Alabama, Bell served as provost and professor of engineering at Louisiana State University and as dean of the School of Engineering and professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Kansas.—
Ana Goñi-Lessan,
Sun Sentinel,
20 June 2026
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The profile of the pedant has changed surprisingly across time periods and cultures, but what’s constant is that nobody wants to be called one.—
The New York Review of Books,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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Avery, the heroine of Anika Jade Levy’s debut novel, Flat Earth (Catapult, $26), spends many turgid nights with a pedant.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
23 Nov. 2025
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The framing story follows Toño, a struggling writer, would-be academician and lifelong devotee of traditional Peruvian creole music.—
Barbara Ellis,
Denver Post,
24 May 2026
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Church did not, however, neglect the National Academy, and in 1849—in the midst of bloody riots pitting nativists against immigrants and New York’s working class against the wealthy—he was promoted to full academician status.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Different goals lead to different strategies The differences between industry and academe begin with a divergence in purpose.—
Maysam Ghovanloo,
IEEE Spectrum,
28 May 2026
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Woke doesn't just characterize academe, academe is from where almost every trope of woke originally came.—
Bradley Gitz,
Arkansas Online,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Governess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/governess. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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