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Recent Examples of headmaster
The Welsh actor plays Edward Hewitt, the school’s headmaster.
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Martha Ross, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2025
Under the scrutiny of an all-seeing headmaster, Doechii and her nine dancers-turned-classmates pushed school desks into formations and climbed an oversized boombox with slides, exemplifying what above-and-beyond achievement truly means.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 3 Aug. 2025
Jill Hollander, headmaster for ParagonEd, said microschooling allows for each child’s academic needs to be met.
—Rachel Royster
july 25, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 July 2025
Other notable cast members include John Lithgow as Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore; Paapa Essiedu as enigmatic potions professor Severus Snape; and Lox Pratt as Hogwarts bully Draco Malfoy.
—EW.com, 15 July 2025
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Martha Ross, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2025
Under the scrutiny of an all-seeing headmaster, Doechii and her nine dancers-turned-classmates pushed school desks into formations and climbed an oversized boombox with slides, exemplifying what above-and-beyond achievement truly means.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 3 Aug. 2025
Jill Hollander, headmaster for ParagonEd, said microschooling allows for each child’s academic needs to be met.
—Rachel Royster
july 25, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 July 2025
Other notable cast members include John Lithgow as Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore; Paapa Essiedu as enigmatic potions professor Severus Snape; and Lox Pratt as Hogwarts bully Draco Malfoy.
—EW.com, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for headmaster
Noun
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This Greenville County School District teacher is no longer employed with the district after having been placed on leave.—
Amy DeLaura,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Skechers Hands-free Go Walk Flex-relish Slip-ins Among the thousands of reviewers are nurses, teachers, and everyday people who struggle with foot problems from spurs to plantar fasciitis—all singing the praises of these Go Walk Flex-Relish Slip-ins.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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English schoolmaster Henry Watson Fowler (1858-1933) and his brother, the writer Francis George Fowler (1871-1918), devoted their lives to encouraging us to write more clearly and directly.—
Chris John Amorosino,
Hartford Courant,
26 Apr. 2025
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See Episode 5, where the killer frames a schoolmaster’s murder as suicide within a locked room, the laughably lazy explanation for which wouldn’t appear out of place in a pantomime.—
Jon O'Brien,
IndieWire,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Even the prolific scientist and inventor Benjamin Franklin, who would play a key role in both the American Revolution and the foundation of the new republic, took time out of a diplomatic trip to England to visit the intelligent rector.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Sep. 2025
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Believers from across the Chicago area came to visit the Pilgrim Mother, which was blessed by Monsignor Efraín Hernández Díaz, rector of the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City.—
Paulina Czupryna,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Aug. 2025
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Exhausted from filling in as headmistress at her school, Olga tries to hold the fraying family together.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2025
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Miss Fitz-Maurice-Kelly was the headmistress of the school, a semi-mythical figure who was rarely seen anywhere apart from Morning Assemblies.—
Kate Weinberg
July 30,
Literary Hub,
30 July 2025
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In September 2022, schoolteacher Eliza Fletcher was kidnapped during an early morning run, and her body was later found near a vacant duplex.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Sep. 2025
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Also among the speakers was Bree Watson Johnson, a schoolteacher who had driven four hours from Georgia to be at the dedication with her husband and one of their sons.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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Learn from three expert instructors how to showcase your skills, build a stellar reputation, and create a digital presence that AI can't replicate.—
Dr. Sue Varma,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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Transitioning to American Standards Manuylov eventually came to work as a snowboard instructor at a resort in Southern California after receiving an invitation from old business partners to change locations.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In Kansas, the state board of education commissioned a task force -- consisting of parents, educators and students -- on student screen time, which found that its schools should limit cellphone use, with some school going with a bell-to-bell ban.—
Arthur Jones II,
ABC News,
15 Sep. 2025
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Other educators who spoke to the Herald describe parents cutting back on extracurricular activities, avoiding school pick-up and drop-off lines, and even keeping children home to study informally.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Even for instructors that care about teaching, keeping student’s attention is increasingly challenging from pedagogues at elementary schools to graduate school professors at elite universities as students show up distracted and on their phones.—
Sergei Revzin,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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They are attracted to personalities that feel to them more like friends than pedagogues.—
Caroline Downey,
National Review,
18 July 2025
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“Headmaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headmaster. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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