governesses

Definition of governessesnext
plural of governess

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Noun
  • These include typecasting Black women as jezebels, sapphires and mammies; these depictions, combined with the law enforcement they may be exposed to, increase their vulnerability under the law.
    Kerry Lester Kasper, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Times reporter Kevin Baxter and Times en Español reporters Eduard Cauich and Jad El Reda help readers prepare for the World Cup.
    Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026
  • My greatest wish for Girls Like Us is that readers might recognize themselves in this story, the way so many recognize themselves is Some Girls Do.
    Jennifer Dugan, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026
Noun
  • The latter are especially popular with regional guests, who often travel with their extended family and sometimes even nannies in tow.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • Moving between Lucila’s dating life, her job as au pair, her second gig as a food delivery driver, and the community of Latin American nannies that forms her social circle, the film is left with little time to fully establish the contours of her family situation.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • Trump has undergone four medical checkups in 13 months, prompting questions about the frequency of his visits, the types of tests being performed and what doctors are looking for.
    Zac Anderson, USA Today, 7 June 2026
  • These doctors are independent, but come together in what’s called an independent physician association to jointly contract with health insurance companies.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2026
Noun
  • Instead of focusing primarily on outcomes, professors and clinics should be alert to burnout appearing not only as low performance but also as perfectionism, emotional shutdown, avoidance or people-pleasing.
    Sharon A. Kuhn, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • Harvard’s professors clearly agree.
    Sage Lattman, airmail.news, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • Medieval schoolmen worrying over Aristotle could be pedants; so could cultivated female salonnières in seventeenth-century Paris.
    Clare Bucknell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
  • As botanists and pedants will tell you, figs are technically a flower, not a fruit.
    Emily Saladino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Comprising more than 300 folktales and legends from northern Norway, including many from the coastal Sámi and the Skolt Sámi of eastern Finland, this anthology shares narratives told by fishers, farmers, reindeer herders, lay preachers and teachers.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026
  • Before God, Puritan preachers taught, all human callings, all useful work, is equal.
    Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • The team combines expertise from engineering science, philosophy and experimental psychology, supported by the University of Oxford senior academics combining academic rigor with Polestar’s automotive expertise.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 May 2026
  • These boards, comprised of academics and civic leaders, are tasked with upholding academic integrity while ensuring institutional accountability.
    Ilya Shapiro, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
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