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The two were married on June 6 at the Old Chapel at Central Moravian Church in Bethlehem, Pa., by the Rev. Elizabeth Keeler, the rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Washington, Va.
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Jenny Block, New York Times, 13 June 2025
My class—led by the church rector, Nigel Massey, a boyish-looking Brit who studied theology at Oxford—was focussed on the subjunctive as used to express uncertainty.
—Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 9 May 2025
His leadership style was further shaped while serving as rector of the Colegio de San José in Buenos Aires from 1980 to 1986.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
White served on the board of visitors at Virginia Tech and was vice rector and rector there.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Aug. 2021
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Jenny Block, New York Times, 13 June 2025
My class—led by the church rector, Nigel Massey, a boyish-looking Brit who studied theology at Oxford—was focussed on the subjunctive as used to express uncertainty.
—Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 9 May 2025
His leadership style was further shaped while serving as rector of the Colegio de San José in Buenos Aires from 1980 to 1986.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
White served on the board of visitors at Virginia Tech and was vice rector and rector there.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Aug. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rector
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English schoolmaster Henry Watson Fowler (1858-1933) and his brother, the writer Francis George Fowler (1871-1918), devoted their lives to encouraging us to write more clearly and directly.—
Chris John Amorosino,
Hartford Courant,
26 Apr. 2025
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See Episode 5, where the killer frames a schoolmaster’s murder as suicide within a locked room, the laughably lazy explanation for which wouldn’t appear out of place in a pantomime.—
Jon O'Brien,
IndieWire,
20 Mar. 2025
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Murphy’s family background — his parents were teachers, his grandfather a headmaster, most of his aunts and uncles educators — gave him a natural connection to the role.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
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The movie, written and directed by Roger Kumble, follows Annette Hargrove (Witherspoon), the daughter of the new headmaster at a private high school in New York City.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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This Greenville County School District teacher is no longer employed with the district after having been placed on leave.—
Amy DeLaura,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Skechers Hands-free Go Walk Flex-relish Slip-ins Among the thousands of reviewers are nurses, teachers, and everyday people who struggle with foot problems from spurs to plantar fasciitis—all singing the praises of these Go Walk Flex-Relish Slip-ins.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Sep. 2025
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Learn from three expert instructors how to showcase your skills, build a stellar reputation, and create a digital presence that AI can't replicate.—
Dr. Sue Varma,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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Transitioning to American Standards Manuylov eventually came to work as a snowboard instructor at a resort in Southern California after receiving an invitation from old business partners to change locations.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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In September 2022, schoolteacher Eliza Fletcher was kidnapped during an early morning run, and her body was later found near a vacant duplex.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Sep. 2025
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Also among the speakers was Bree Watson Johnson, a schoolteacher who had driven four hours from Georgia to be at the dedication with her husband and one of their sons.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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In Kansas, the state board of education commissioned a task force -- consisting of parents, educators and students -- on student screen time, which found that its schools should limit cellphone use, with some school going with a bell-to-bell ban.—
Arthur Jones II,
ABC News,
15 Sep. 2025
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Other educators who spoke to the Herald describe parents cutting back on extracurricular activities, avoiding school pick-up and drop-off lines, and even keeping children home to study informally.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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Even for instructors that care about teaching, keeping student’s attention is increasingly challenging from pedagogues at elementary schools to graduate school professors at elite universities as students show up distracted and on their phones.—
Sergei Revzin,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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They are attracted to personalities that feel to them more like friends than pedagogues.—
Caroline Downey,
National Review,
18 July 2025
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This involves pairing each nursing student with an experienced nurse preceptor from day one — an approach that builds clinical confidence early while honoring the vital role of bedside nurses in education.—
Shakira Henderson,
Sun Sentinel,
18 May 2025
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To become a preceptor, nurses must undergo extensive training—often at their own expense.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Rector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rector. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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