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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.
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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.
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Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
Take over all five bedrooms but leave the cooking up to Nadia, the governess of the riad.
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Lauren Burvill,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for governess
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
See All Example Sentences for governess
Recent Examples of Synonyms for governess
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German news magazine Der Spiegel asks its readers.
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Some readers suggested that Clark should never return, instead taking her ball and going overseas.
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The complications are horrifying doctors.
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Companies are aggressively marketing home medical kits containing prescription antibiotics and other drugs for self-treatment, bypassing traditional doctor visits.
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The librarian, in turn, accused the preacher of book theft.
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Son of a Preacherman, Choi's latest work, is an autobiographical look at the writer's upbringing in a family of preachers.
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Legislative expert and law professor Chris Micheli said lawmakers frequently include controversial provisions in bills during the early stages of the legislative process.
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Because the schools have to pay the professors.
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Cultural exchanges like these counter distorted media narratives, says Mimi Sheller, dean of the Global School at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, who studies the movement of people around the world.
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As Verity Shaye, assistant dean for education at NYU, explained to me, medical educators have long struggled to assess communication and reasoning skills directly.
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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.
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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.
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The project was led by Xu Jianzhong, PhD, a CAS academician and engineering thermophysics expert.
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And in the academe, there is a growing demand for nuclear science education.
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Different goals lead to different strategies The differences between industry and academe begin with a divergence in purpose.
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“Governess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/governess. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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