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There appears to be a bizarre codependency among residents, and Laura is still particularly close to her mentor, Tall Pines Academy headmistress, Evelyn Wade (a hauntingly good Toni Collette).
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Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
Exhausted from filling in as headmistress at her school, Olga tries to hold the fraying family together.
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Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2025
Actors Jason William Webb (as tyrannical school headmistress Miss Trunchbull) and Zane Camacho and Sophia LaRosh (as Matilda’s cruel and neglectful parents Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood) are hilariously ridiculous in their roles.
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Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 July 2025
Marilee is headmistress of a private girls’ school in Baltimore where Gail has been assistant head for 11 years.
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Heller McAlpin,
Christian Science Monitor,
10 Feb. 2025
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Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
Exhausted from filling in as headmistress at her school, Olga tries to hold the fraying family together.
—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2025
Actors Jason William Webb (as tyrannical school headmistress Miss Trunchbull) and Zane Camacho and Sophia LaRosh (as Matilda’s cruel and neglectful parents Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood) are hilariously ridiculous in their roles.
—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 July 2025
Marilee is headmistress of a private girls’ school in Baltimore where Gail has been assistant head for 11 years.
—
Heller McAlpin,
Christian Science Monitor,
10 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for headmistress
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The decision comes after several parents and teachers expressed concern about AI.
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The classroom reflects the Academy’s inclusive model for students, teachers, and families, and also lays the foundation for continued collaboration between Roborock and Miami Lighthouse.
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) Smith won her first Academy Award for Best Actress for this curious, eccentric role as a 1930s schoolmistress who takes four young girls under her wing — for better and for worse.
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Four years later came her Oscar-winning portrayal of an idiosyncratic English schoolmistress in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
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Taran Chun, former headmaster at a large private school system in Hawai’i, did not list at least three years of public school classroom experience or equivalent instructional experience.
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As the school grows, Solum said, the board hopes to hire a headmaster.
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No ruler-wielding schoolmarm can impart the urgency of learning the way hunger can.
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This, to Newsom, is being strong; the right are the fainthearted schoolmarms now.
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That same year, however, Ozzy’s mistress and former hairdresser, Michelle Pugh, spoke out publicly about their four-year affair.
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Oziel’s mistress, Judalon Smyth, learned about the confessions and informed the police.
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Meanwhile, Krakow portrays protagonist Elizabeth Thatcher, who leaves behind her privileged life to become a schoolteacher on the western frontier in a coal mining town in 1900s Canada.
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Burnham has said that his Catholic schoolteachers helped shape his political consciousness.
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Nejat’s inspection was conducted by an instructor and Delta video producer named Matthew Miller.
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The elder Moniak, now 86, played six seasons in the Red Sox farm system from 1958-63, and like Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski, was among the young outfielders who benefited from the tutelage of a special batting instructor named Ted Williams at spring training ‘61-63.
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Years later, longtime educator Beverly Williams called, offering her a position in Pulaski County -- the same area where Atkins-Butcher had lived in the 1980s and where her parents had recently returned.
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These moments have shaped Pryor’s thinking about teaching and educators’ responsibilities.
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“Headmistress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headmistress. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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