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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.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
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
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
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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
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
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for headmistress
Noun
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From parents getting their students ready for school, bus drivers getting them there, the nurses, cafeteria staff, teachers.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Apr. 2026
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Franklin spent the first 29 years of his career in Sand Springs Public Schools as a special education teacher, principal and district administrator.—
Nuria Martinez-Keel,
Oklahoma Voice,
31 Mar. 2026
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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.—
Christina Newland,
Vulture,
2 Oct. 2024
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Four years later came her Oscar-winning portrayal of an idiosyncratic English schoolmistress in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.—
Duane Byrge,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Sep. 2024
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That same year, the founding headmaster at Greenhill, Bernard Fulton, needed a coach.—
Ishmael Johnson,
Dallas Morning News,
6 Mar. 2026
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With his older brother and younger sister, Coleman Bryan Barks grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where his father, Herbert Bernard Barks, was the headmaster of the Baylor School, situated on 100 acres.—
Rebecca McCarthy,
AJC.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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This, to Newsom, is being strong; the right are the fainthearted schoolmarms now.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board took note of the hard-right’s distress, let down its tightly wound schoolmarm bun and snickered right out loud.—
Pat Beall,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 July 2025
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Attorneys for Paige Shiver, the former executive assistant of ex-Michigan head football coach Sherrone Moore and his alleged mistress, released a statement after his no-contest plea that dropped some charges against him Friday.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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Fernandez is endearing as both Spade’s loyal girl friday Effie and his nutty mistress Iva.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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Andreatta, a former public schoolteacher, is an ordained minister with the Assemblies of God and serves as associate pastor at Lincoln Christian Life Center, according to a city webpage.—
Theresa Clift,
Sacbee.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Jiri Lehecka was raised by schoolteachers in a small village north of Prague in the Czech Republic, urged to focus on academics and play as many sports as possible and treat them as hobbies.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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The National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report that the Piper PA-28-140 experienced rapidly declining engine performance shortly after departing from Deer Valley Airport on March 4, forcing the instructor to attempt an emergency return.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Katherine Rochester is an editor at Artforum and an instructor in the MA in Curatorial Practice Program at the School of Visual Arts, in New York City.—
Katherine Rochester,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 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
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