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headmistresses

noun

plural of headmistress

as in teachers

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Fuller is nearly six months into the new position, created as Texas faces growing scrutiny over how school districts handle allegations involving teachers, coaches, and other school employees.

— Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
During the day, these women work as teachers, painter-decorators, full-time carers.

— Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of teachers

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But for educators, there is a growing consensus that AI literacy is about more than learning how to use generative AI and write good prompts.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026
Convocation was an investment in preparing and aligning the thousands of educators and employees responsible for serving Fort Worth ISD students every day.

— Lacey Beasley, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of educators

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The district has 12 instructors working toward obtaining their teaching licenses, the district said.

— Sofi Zeman August 19, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026
In the career department, there’s a chef and a car saleswoman, along with several teachers, tech recruiters and fitness instructors.

— Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of instructors

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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

Definition of mistresses

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Even coaches who were let go in a January purge will say it now.

— Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Since complacency doesn’t appear to be in the DNA of junior running back Ammar Banire, Oswego’s coaches have been preparing to turn their backfield standout loose.

— Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

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