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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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This story references profanity and may be offensive to some readers.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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Nominated by readers and Southern Living editors, these places take pride in helping others, building connections, and making everyone feel at home.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
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Following the surgery, his body swelled dangerously, and his lungs collapsed, forcing doctors to place him on a ventilator.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
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But everything changed when doctors tried a cutting-edge approach to pain management.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
7 Sep. 2025
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This manager says professors, in his experience, rarely wanted to coordinate even teaching cases, let alone get together to tightly integrate their skills into creating a final product, even if fictional, at a business school.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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With online courses, the school can expand its geographic footprint to outstate Michigan and beyond, not only for students, but potentially for professors.—
John Wisely,
Freep.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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One recent Sunday evening, about 200 filled a Cincinnati church where preachers from several faith backgrounds urged them to demand his freedom.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Law enforcement had detained 11 preachers that were approaching shoppers at a local mall.—
Audrey Gibbs,
The Tennessean,
28 Aug. 2025
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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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The university’s central office and the deans’ offices are working to eliminate administration positions, officials added.—
Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Aug. 2025
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Harding was closing out the second day of the Edinburgh TV Fest, the latest in a long line of MacTaggart lecturers including Kevin Spacey, Michaela Coel and three Murdochs.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
20 Aug. 2025
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Unfortunately, while teachers and lecturers may see AI text detectors as an easy and appealing way of avoiding academic misconduct, in reality, these software aren’t 100% perfect.—
Christian Perry,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Governesses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/governesses. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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