rector

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Recent Examples of rector When the university rector, church historian Karl Heussi, opposed Frick’s request, the students’ association, already dominated by National Socialist sympathizers, rebelled. Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025 As for the rector’s other housemates – a pair of scene-stealing dachshunds – Lewis is happily resigned to being upstaged. Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025 More than two dozen UVA Health leaders signed a letter to the university's rector and interim president, asking them to give Rosner the permanent position, the organization said in a news release. Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025 Even the prolific scientist and inventor Benjamin Franklin, who would play a key role in both the American Revolution and the foundation of the new republic, took time out of a diplomatic trip to England to visit the intelligent rector. Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rector
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Noun
  • The struggle inspired a young Newcastle schoolmaster named Thomas Spence to develop the world’s first basic income proposal.
    Will Glovinsky, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
  • His father, Robert, was a Cambridge graduate and a schoolmaster who died in 1879, leaving a modest estate, of which Henry, the eldest of eight children, was an executor.
    Ben Yagoda, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The child's parent first reported the incident to the school's assistant headmaster later that afternoon.
    David Chiu, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The actor, who plays Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore in the upcoming HBO series, spoke to The New Yorker Radio Hour last week about the fantasy author, who has been widely criticized for her trans views.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Alfred is the only GOP candidate slated to appear on the Senate District 21 ballot and is set to face either incumbent Adrienne Benavidez or newcomer Alex Ryckman, a teacher, after the Democratic primary in June.
    Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Having a neutral arbitrator hear teacher termination cases, like many public employees, would ensure fairness when a teacher’s career is on the line.
    Rep. Nick Menapace, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Merino makes a living as a weaver and instructor, hosting workshops on how the backstrap loom can serve as a craft and an act of resistance.
    María Teresa Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Joe Rao serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New York's Hayden Planetarium.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • According to the release, McFarland’s great-grandfather, William Delisle Frisbee, was a potato farmer and schoolteacher in western Pennsylvania, as well as a traveling showman.
    Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Take Evelyn Nazareth, a schoolteacher in her 30s who lives in Jaipur, and is among a growing cohort of avid online shoppers outside India’s largest cities.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Selected by a panel of arts educators, these students stood out for both technical ability and expressive range across performance videos, written statements and artistic résumés.
    Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Still, Manning believes responsibility doesn’t fall solely on educators.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 18 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The series is devised and curated by poet/singer-songwriter/teacher Darius Degher who, along with poet-pedagogue Marit Anderson and local arts impresario Michael Schmitt, hosts the readings, according to a news release.
    News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Captain İsmet, Detective Kenan, and pedagogue Aysun uncover dark truths hidden in the town’s silence, where fear and guilt protect the killer.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Donald Trump, too, is scaling up a model whose original preceptor was Orbán.
    Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Nataly Degante and Mayra Vargas, who graduated in 2023, have begun working as preceptors — practitioners who supervise interns or students during clinical trainings — at organizations in Los Angeles.
    Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026

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“Rector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rector. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.

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