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Recent Examples of rector
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.
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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
Believers from across the Chicago area came to visit the Pilgrim Mother, which was blessed by Monsignor Efraín Hernández Díaz, rector of the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City.
—Paulina Czupryna, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
During that time, Gau was also rector and minister of the high school's Jesuit community.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 9 Feb. 2024
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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
Believers from across the Chicago area came to visit the Pilgrim Mother, which was blessed by Monsignor Efraín Hernández Díaz, rector of the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City.
—Paulina Czupryna, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
During that time, Gau was also rector and minister of the high school's Jesuit community.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 9 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rector
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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For me, folklore started right back at school, when our junior headmaster used to sit and tell us tall colorful tales, oral Cumbrian legends and ghost stories, which could be augmented and added to in the telling.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Hal’s mother, Avril, is having an affair with Charles Tavis, who is either her half or adoptive brother, and has summarily replaced Hal’s father as headmaster of the academy.—
Hermione Hoby,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The union is seeking an immediate 16% raise for new teachers, an across-the-board 3% raise in the contract’s second year and significant automatic pay hikes tied to years of experience and continued education.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Dance teacher John Downing will teach Line Dance basics at this fun event.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Inspectors found shortcomings such as employing unqualified instructors, failing to test students’ skills or teach them how to handle hazardous materials and using the wrong equipment to teach drivers.—
Josh Funk,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Here, three experts—Emily English (@EmTheNutritionist), ALO Wellness Club pilates instructor Bianca Wise, and Rachel Butcher, head of nutrition at Third Space—break down the obsession with macros, and explain whether there is a healthy way to track them.—
Ranyechi Udemezue,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2026
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There’s also a romantic interest in the form of Ruth (Jessica Henwick), a schoolteacher.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2026
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His father had worked as a scribe, a schoolteacher, a clerk at a trading firm, a manager at a ferry service, in a swathe across northern-central-eastern India, living out of homes that were never self-owned.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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For its candidates in each of Hungary's 106 individual voting constituencies, Tisza has largely drawn on political neophytes locally active as entrepreneurs, doctors, economists, educators and other professionals.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Feb. 2026
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The Arkansas Education Association is the state affiliate of the National Education Association, a nationwide labor union representing educators.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
15 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Carroll balances it all as a full-time pedagogue.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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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
Noun
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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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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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“Rector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rector. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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