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 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
  • That same year, the founding headmaster at Greenhill, Bernard Fulton, needed a coach.
    Ishmael Johnson, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Voters approved the Lee’s Summit School District’s Proposition C property tax funding measure that would provide around $4 million to pay for raises for teachers and staff.
    Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Meanwhile, the North Carolina Association of Educators is encouraging teachers to call out of work on May 1 for a march in Raleigh to call attention to the cause.
    Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The Dodgers moved longtime coach and scout Monty Basgall — known as an exceptional infield instructor — from the front office to the field to help the players adjust to their new roles.
    Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The instructor advised against it.
    Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Morgan once dreamed of being an actress in New York and is growing restless as a schoolteacher in a stale relationship with Max (Jack Innanen), who she’s known forever.
    Erin Jensen, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Both phases will require workers – mostly schoolteachers and government officials – to go door-to-door to collect information.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The teen’s autistic brother inspired her to become an elementary educator.
    Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Millender, a Chicagoan, began his college career at Wayne State, then transferred to IUPUI and entered its Sports Capital Journalism Program, which is directed by Malcolm Moran, award winning sportswriter and longtime educator.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 5 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
  • 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
  • Although the panettone mixes traditions from across Italy, the pastry was first mentioned in a manuscript from the 1470s, written by a preceptor in Milan’s House of Sforza, according to the Smithsonian.
    Rebecca Schneid, Time, 4 Feb. 2026

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“Rector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rector. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.

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