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Recent Examples of headmistress
Broadway veteran Carole Shelley set the standard for the villainous headmistress Madame Morrible.
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Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
23 Nov. 2025
In the film, Madame Morrible, the headmistress of Shiz University, keeps her stark white hair in an intricate updo, careful not to let too much of it down.
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Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
13 Nov. 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
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
See All Example Sentences for headmistress
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
23 Nov. 2025
In the film, Madame Morrible, the headmistress of Shiz University, keeps her stark white hair in an intricate updo, careful not to let too much of it down.
—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
13 Nov. 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
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
See All Example Sentences for headmistress
Recent Examples of Synonyms for headmistress
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One thing teachers seem to agree on is a return to pen and paper.
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That proposal drew opposition from unions and associations representing teachers and school employees.
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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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On the other hand, Dunaway and her tart-talking sidekick, Brenda Vaccaro, seem to be having the time of their lives as mistresses of the shades of darkness (their ramshackle abode is a funhouse Ghost Train ride festooned with skeletons, spiders and tattered netting).
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The Paradise actress guest-starred on the series in 2007 as Tony Soprano's mistress.
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Love and empathy Dog School started in 2009, when former schoolteacher Adrienne Olivier was volunteering at a local animal shelter and conducting outreach activities in schools and other community spaces.
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Fitzpatrick’s father worked at Gary Works, and her mother was a schoolteacher.
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Washington's Pilates instructor, Erika Bloom, helped the actress turn the pages of her binder — which, by the looks of the vibrant cover, appeared to contain her lines for The Whoopi Monologues.
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Their lives gradually shift after meeting No Yeong-ju, an optimistic singing instructor played by Im Ji-eun, whose positive outlook encourages both women to confront their past.
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The initiative provides training and support for educators, requires screening for dyslexia and other learning disabilities and mandates kindergarten attendance.
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For students, educators, business leaders, and policymakers, the question is no longer whether AI will change work.
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“Headmistress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headmistress. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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