headmistresses

Definition of headmistressesnext
plural of headmistress

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Noun
  • 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
  • Chatbots have spawned a host of ethical questions about writing assistance for teachers, students and authors.
    Emily Hodgson Anderson, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • While many students are comfortable with apps and touchscreens, educators say that does not always translate into the ability to troubleshoot or work independently on traditional computers.
    Darlin Tillery, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
  • If employers, educators, and adults in their lives step up and do this work well, our kids won’t have to wait until the last moment to find their path.
    Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • My schoolteachers introduced me to a mix of African and Kenyan classics by such authors as Chinua Achebe and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o.
    Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The San Francisco Unified School District’s 120 schools were set to remain closed for a third day Wednesday, after about 6,000 public schoolteachers went on strike over higher wages, health benefits, and more resources for students with special needs.
    Olga R. Rodriguez, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Whether that means bringing in more instructors or increasing hours for the instructors already in place, the goal is to make sure the program can grow with the students at each site.
    Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 26 Mar. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • Providing relief and contrast are the sisters, daughters, mothers, wives, mistresses, and nursemaids, all of whom also have views on ideal social order.
    Adam Begley, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2025
  • His character, federal agent Nelson Van Alden, fathered two different children with two different mistresses.
    Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • There are three current head coaches in the NFL who are Black.
    CBS Miami Team, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Some of the suits claim that anthropomorphic chatbots, while engaging with users as platonic and romantic companions, acted as potent suicide coaches, helping teenagers and adults alike write suicide notes and plan their deaths.
    Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 26 Mar. 2026
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“Headmistresses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headmistresses. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.

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