headmistresses

plural of headmistress

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for headmistresses
Noun
  • Ask whether teachers are fully licensed in Arkansas and accessible to students on a daily basis.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Instead of digging into the details of personality and circumstance — this school has a specific class for Shakespeare and also English teachers who are literature-hating caricatures?
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • In the last fiscal year, Economics Arkansas issued a record-breaking 14,034 professional development hours to 5,116 educators in 210 training sessions, and 19,507 students participated in The Stock Market Game™.
    — Michael Poore Special to the Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026
  • As a council member, Von Wilpert authored bills to ban untraceable guns and launched housing grant initiatives for educators.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Their owners include schoolteachers and secretaries alongside some of Los Angeles’ wealthiest families.
    — Emma Madden, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Schock grew up in Santa Clarita, California, the daughter of two schoolteachers.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Good coffee, recovery facilities, saunas, ice baths and luxury beauty products available in the changing area, alongside pro-athlete instructors and more specialized programming, are all among members’ expectations.
    — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Their union even sponsored a new law that prevents courses from being taught by AI instructors.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The Getty Suite speaks for itself with its throne-like chairs, opulent tapestries, carved rose wooden ceiling and connecting door into the Medici Suite (CH) where Getty put up some of his mistresses.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 July 2026
  • 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).
    — Arthur Knight, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • Twenty years ago, as a Philadelphia Eagles training camp intern, Brett Veach zealously carried out such duties as setting up dorm beds, laminating practice scripts and carting coaches to and from fields.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Carey, the family attorney, contends ASU coaches didn’t follow university guidelines regarding heat safety.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2026
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“Headmistresses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headmistresses. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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