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In a recording of a FaceTime call shared by the Vatican in January, the Pope could be seen speaking to Fathers Gabriel Romanelli and Youssef Asaad, the rector and vice rector of the parish.
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Solcyré Burga, Time, 21 Apr. 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
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
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Solcyré Burga, Time, 21 Apr. 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
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
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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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Other notable cast members include John Lithgow as Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore; Paapa Essiedu as enigmatic potions professor Severus Snape; and Lox Pratt as Hogwarts bully Draco Malfoy.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
15 July 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,
14 July 2025
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Roy Taylor, a vocational agriculture teacher, succeeded Daugherty as field manager in 1951.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 July 2025
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Often, in writing workshops, teachers will talk of character development in terms of wants.—
Katie Yee
July 25,
Literary Hub,
25 July 2025
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Align leggings, which both moms and yoga instructors wear, are even included in the sale.—
Nicol Natale,
People.com,
26 July 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.—
Renée Onque,
CNBC,
26 July 2025
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Naturally, his dad (Chris Cooper) disapproves of his son's ambitions, but a kind schoolteacher (Laura Dern) encourages his passion.—
Sophie van Bastelaer,
EW.com,
7 July 2025
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Glen in Free Willy is a basically decent, not-too-eloquent guy who owns a tow truck and is married to a schoolteacher named Annie (Jayne Atkinson).—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
4 July 2025
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The funding freeze had been challenged by several lawsuits as educators, Congress members from both parties and others called for the administration to release money schools rely on for a wide range of programs.—
Collin Binkley,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 July 2025
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Reductions of nearly 2,000 educators and staff members in the past month have already affected Griffin’s life.—
Kate Perez,
Chicago Tribune,
24 July 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 5 Aug. 2025.
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