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Recent Examples of headmaster
Hal’s mother, Avril, is having an affair with Charles Tavis, who is either her half or adoptive brother, and has summarily replaced Hal’s father as headmaster of the academy.
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Hermione Hoby, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Town & Country reported that when Margaret was 11, she was inspired by a prior concert that benefitted the Royal Household Wool Fund and proposed a similar idea to Royal School headmaster Hubert Tannar, who ended up writing and producing each play.
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 20 Dec. 2025
My grandfather was a headmaster.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
Mysteries are cropping up, dating back to the founding of the school, kids are teaming up with Good Professors to expose Evil Professors, and the headmaster is singling out the protagonist for dangerous tasks designed to kill her.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
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Hermione Hoby, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Town & Country reported that when Margaret was 11, she was inspired by a prior concert that benefitted the Royal Household Wool Fund and proposed a similar idea to Royal School headmaster Hubert Tannar, who ended up writing and producing each play.
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 20 Dec. 2025
My grandfather was a headmaster.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
Mysteries are cropping up, dating back to the founding of the school, kids are teaming up with Good Professors to expose Evil Professors, and the headmaster is singling out the protagonist for dangerous tasks designed to kill her.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for headmaster
Noun
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The budget proposal also includes $700,000 for a performance bonus for Math I teachers in CMS high schools.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Mar. 2026
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The incidents have ignited intense debate among parents, teachers, and the community.—
Shelley Bortz,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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His father, Robert, was a Cambridge graduate and a schoolmaster who died in 1879, leaving a modest estate, of which Henry, the eldest of eight children, was an executor.—
Ben Yagoda,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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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
Noun
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Instead, the words written in her autobiography served as the guide for the two-hour service filled with hymns and scriptures, as Christ Episcopal Church rector Father Jonathan Archer read a passage from the book which was published in 2000 during her memorial on Friday.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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At Sagrada Familia, a prayer verse is included at the base of the cross installed Friday afternoon, said church rector Turull.—
Suman Naishadham,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Camila jokingly called the device Tronchatoro, or Trunchbull, after the sadistic school headmistress in Roald Dahl's Matilda.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
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In Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Green plays Miss Peregrine, the headmistress of a hidden school that protects children with unusual abilities.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Striking faculty were expected to return to work Wednesday morning, ending two school days of disarray on the Greenwich Village campus as substitute instructors and administrators temporarily taught courses, and some students joined their professors on the picket line.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
25 Mar. 2026
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Last, before every class, the instructors remind you to make sure there are no children or pets around before starting the session.—
Craig Rawlins-Wilson,
PC Magazine,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Ryan Gosling stars as neurotic and brilliant schoolteacher Ryland Grace, who is recruited by Eva Stratt (Sandra Hüller) to help solve why the sun is dimming.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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Linda Cooper, a former South Carolina schoolteacher, says she’s been struck six times, and so does Carl Mize, a former Oklahoma rodeo rider.—
Jacob Stern,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
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Convince the city’s powers to consult with advisers and decision-makers with deep roots in the neighborhoods — community leaders, organizers, educators and art-makers.—
Laura Washington,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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That conversation, Tabatabai said, was just the start of what will be a long-term reframing of how educators teach about Chavez and the farmworkers movement — something teachers across the state already have begun to reckon with since the allegations arose.—
Kristy Hutchings,
Daily News,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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This isn’t the only AI tool from Grammarly that will pose as a real pedagogue.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
4 Mar. 2026
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Carroll balances it all as a full-time pedagogue.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Headmaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headmaster. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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