homeschooler

noun

Definition of homeschoolernext
as in reader

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Recent Examples of homeschooler Ironically, this isolated homeschooler was likely watching other homeschoolers. — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026 Thank you for not characterizing homeschoolers as counterculture, Bible-thumping, alt-right, child-abusing hermits. — Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2026 Only two states, New York and Pennsylvania, require the homeschooler to take a test with a qualified proctor, Stewart told me. — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2026 Barnes and Noble also allows homeschoolers to sign up for their educator membership and receive a discount on many book purchases. — ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 25 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for homeschooler
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homeschooler
  1. reader
  2. pedant
  3. preacher
  4. doctor
  5. professor
  6. academician
  7. student teacher
  8. governess
Noun
  • In my disturbance—whether witnessed by a fellow cinema patron or a reader of this essay—I am exposed a second time.
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Singletary has used her own life experiences including raising her kids, helping take care of her disabled brother and planning her estate to help her readers navigate their financial journeys.
    — Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of reader
Noun
  • Perhaps only a pedant—or a hypocrite—would fuss about that kind of imprecision.
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Rarely is there much conceptual overlap between the categories of pedant and genius.
    — Clare Bucknell, The New York Review of Books, 27 June 2026
Definition of pedant
Noun
  • And yet another member, Cody Smith, said his grandfather was preacher of the church for more than 40 years.
    — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026
  • This brings to mind a song from yesteryear about the preacher and the bear.
    — Alfred H. Moses, Baltimore Sun, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of preacher
Noun
  • Bruni said the pope's doctors would decide if there were any changes expected to his discharge date.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
  • At the time, doctors didn’t believe it was linked to her vision loss.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of doctor
Noun
  • The august speakers included an Oxford don, a Harvard strategy professor, a New York Times reporter, and … me, the lone representative for the young and technologically adept, unencumbered by conventional wisdom.
    — Jeff DeGraff, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The breach caused the company, Instructure, to temporarily take Canvas offline and interrupted classes, assignments and finals preparations for hundreds of thousands of students and professors as hackers threatened to release their personal data.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of professor
Noun
  • While scientists around the globe believe there's water ice on the moon, said Ye Peijian, an academician with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, no one has definitively found and fully evaluated that resource as yet.
    — Leonard David, Space.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The framing story follows Toño, a struggling writer, would-be academician and lifelong devotee of traditional Peruvian creole music.
    — Barbara Ellis, Denver Post, 24 May 2026
Definition of academician
Noun
  • Lambert prepared for her career as a student teacher at Endeavor Elementary School in Nampa during the 2022-2023 school year, the Nampa School District said in a statement to the Idaho Statesman.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The program is structured so that the student teacher’s credential program and participating school district work together to submit an application for the stipend on their behalf.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of student teacher
Noun
  • Lowen is a literary equivalent of a governess, hired to take charge of a body of writing rather than the Crawfords’ only remaining child, Crew (Brady Wagner), whose twin sister drowned in an accident that kicked off the family’s tragedies.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Zachary Wigon directs, and Maika Monroe stars as Winifred Notty, a governess who tries and fails not to be a complete, well, psycho in this irreverent, gory horror.
    — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of governess

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