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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.
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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
Marcia, along with the late Rev. J. Kenneth Major, then rector of The Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, were among several community leaders who played a pivotal role in helping to calm the community during the unrest.
—Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025
The church’s rector, also a slaveholder, was very concerned with converting Black and Indigenous Bostonians.
—Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
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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
Marcia, along with the late Rev. J. Kenneth Major, then rector of The Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, were among several community leaders who played a pivotal role in helping to calm the community during the unrest.
—Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025
The church’s rector, also a slaveholder, was very concerned with converting Black and Indigenous Bostonians.
—Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
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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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Deadline first reported that John Lithgow was nearing final talks for the role of Albus Dumbledore, the aloof yet powerful headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
10 June 2025
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John Lawlor, who portrayed one of Cloris Leachman’s co-workers on the CBS sitcom Phyllis and the Eastland School for Girls headmaster on the first season of the NBC comedy The Facts of Life, has died.—
Mike Barnes,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Feb. 2025
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In May, a Sacramento Bee investigation found that St. Hope leadership misled the district about an investigation into teacher allegations that a coach was partying with his students.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2025
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Former middle school teacher Lorraine Carter Salazar isn't easily embarrassed.—
Megan Myscofski,
NPR,
1 July 2025
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Tough middle and high school students have multiple teachers and the same is true for instructors, relationship building must be emphasized.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2025
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Canadian actor Truesdale, who plays ballet instructor Raphaël Marchand and right-hand man to Le Ballet National director Geneviève Lavigne (Charlotte Gainsbourg), echoed these sentiments.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
29 June 2025
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Two years after pleading guilty to murder, Hardin pleaded guilty to two counts of rape after his DNA, which was entered into the Arkansas DNA database following his murder plea, was connected to the 1997 rape of schoolteacher Amy Harrison in the nearby city of Rogers, court documents show.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
6 June 2025
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Craft Lemonade co-founder and Escondido schoolteacher Amber Vandewarker said this recipe was created in honor of her husband, who has a passion for pickles.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2025
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The campus is home to several historic landmarks such as the Davis Home, home of educators Dr. George E. Davis and Marie G. Davis.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
1 July 2025
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This framework reflects the work of a center-right and center-left coalition of civics educators and other stakeholders.—
Bruno V. Manno,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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Roach is, clearly, among fashion’s most powerful pedagogues.—
Daniel Rodgers,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
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The course is a two-year Master of Fine Arts degree and will prepare students to enter the industry as intimacy coordinators for film and visual media, intimacy directors for theater and live performance, and intimacy pedagogues for teaching in education and in the profession.—
Patrick Frater,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2023
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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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According to a recent report, a shortage of nursing school faculty, including nurse preceptors, is greatly restricting nursing program enrollments.—
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 15 Jul. 2025.
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