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governess

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Recent Examples of governess Set in 1858 and adapted by Virginia Feito from her own novel, Victorian Psycho stars Monroe as Winifred Notty, an idiosyncratic young woman who arrives at the wealthy Pounds family’s old gothic manor, claiming to be the house’s new governess. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026 Many aspects of the book were inspired by Brontë’s life, including her months working as a governess to help pay her brother Branwell’s debts. — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026 The ladies Carnarvon, their daughters, and their guests—not to mention the governesses, maids, and cooks? — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026 Their governess, Marion Crawford, educated them on the building’s third floor, offering a chronicle of the comfortable home in her 1950 memoir, The Little Princesses. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 24 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for governess

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Doing so will help demonstrate your research, credit the sources of your information and ideas, and allow your readers to find and evaluate those sources.

— The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 6 Nov. 2026
Audiobooks can enhance reading for readers who prefer to enjoy a book in that format.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of reader

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Murphy said doctors diagnosed him with a small hemorrhagic stroke, which is a bleed in the brain.

— Kevin Freking, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
As the science continues to advance rapidly, treating metastatic breast cancer is becoming an art, with doctors weighing which treatments to use, in what combinations and in what order, to get the longest benefit.

— Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 6 Nov. 2026

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But DeFalco is drawn to the sidewalk dwellers, street preachers and parking-lot boozers who also lurk down there and help (or hinder) Ten, usually at a loud volume.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Hollander plays Judge Jack Taylor, an authoritative man who weighs his words carefully, possessing both the warmth and charm of a country preacher and the cold edge of a cult leader.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026

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Young guys, students, professors, talking about the movie like in the old times.

— Ben Croll, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026
Each flight disruption could cost airlines as much as $250,000, on a par with the possible costs of dealing with an unruly passenger, said Philip Baum, a visiting professor of aviation security at Coventry University in England.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of professor

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Steven Freedman, associate dean of admissions at the University of Kansas School of Law, said the loans are important to help provide access to all students.

— Heather Hollingsworth, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026
The strike has also been backed by labor unions, university deans, churches, artists, athletes, international media organizations and others.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026

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While scientists around the globe believe there's water ice on the moon, said Ye Peijian, an academician with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, no one has definitively found and fully evaluated that resource as yet.

— Leonard David, Space.com, 20 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of academician

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And in the academe, there is a growing demand for nuclear science education.

— Lorela U. Sandoval, Christian Science Monitor, 25 June 2026
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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