Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for headmistresses
Noun
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The school also is connected to social services and known to teachers across Kenya, including in the far west where Wairimu is from.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026 -
The Laurel Highlands School District board is bringing in outside counsel to review ongoing investigations after two teachers have been accused of having inappropriate relationships with students.—
Mike Darnay,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Ashcraft tapped out before being ordered to dig a grave, get inside a body bag, and consider his eulogy as instructors piled dirt on top of him.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Accepted instructors set their rates and schedules, with site fees varying from 5% to 30% depending on lesson type.—
Kathy Kristof,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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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
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His character, federal agent Nelson Van Alden, fathered two different children with two different mistresses.—
Ralphie Aversa,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The series follows the coaches, founders and a group of families and their respective teen sons who comprise the starting lineup for the youth baseball program in the world.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2026
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The show will follow the coaches, families and teen athletes who comprise the starting lineup for one of the world’s most competitive youth baseball programs.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Headmistresses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headmistresses. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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