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Recent Examples of Synonyms for governesses
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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
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There are, however, many lacunae in Paul’s writing and life that have puzzled readers.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The Ranch at Laguna Beach In Travel + Leisure's 2025 World's Best Awards, readers named The Ranch at Laguna Beach one of the top hotels in California thanks to its gorgeous scenery, top-tier restaurants, and environmentally friendly commitments.—
Acacia Gabriel,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Apr. 2026
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The kids range from infants and toddlers cared for by nannies, to teenagers living in dorms.—
Denise Schrier Cetta,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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Pet nannies are generally for small animals like cats and dogs that can fit in a carrier under an airplane seat.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
15 Mar. 2026
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No doctors appear to be facing consequences.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The same groups pushing this measure are also behind Initiative 110, which would restrict certain health care for transgender youth, inserting politicians into private medical decisions that belong with families and their doctors.—
Mike Smith,
Denver Post,
12 Apr. 2026
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Almost immediately after releasing Einstein, Paliwal started receiving emails from professors chastising him for creating a tool seemingly designed to perpetuate academic fraud.—
Lila Shroff,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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To identify books and compile the list, The Times surveyed more than 200 luminaries in the book and journalism worlds, including prize-winning authors, Man Booker Prize judges, Ivy League professors, literary agents and journalists, along with several zealous book clubs.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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As botanists and pedants will tell you, figs are technically a flower, not a fruit.—
Emily Saladino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
20 Sep. 2025
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Until then, smuggling weed had been a grand adventure, an escape from a society that had just thrown Prager’s generation into a meat grinder in Vietnam, a repudiation of the crooked politicians and backward preachers and greedy capitalists who were running the world.—
Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
17 Mar. 2026
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This type of apocalyptic thought has roots in the 19th century, when many American preachers turned toward more literal readings of the Bible.—
Shalom Goldman,
The Conversation,
12 Mar. 2026
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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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“Governesses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/governesses. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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