rector

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Recent Examples of rector Throughout his work, the monsignor has served numerous parishes and schools across the local archdiocese, including Our Lady’s in Scituate, Our Lady of the Assumption in Lynnfield and Saint Peter Parish in Cambridge, and became rector of the Cathedral in 2008. Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2026 Instead, the words written in her autobiography served as the guide for the two-hour service filled with hymns and scriptures, as Christ Episcopal Church rector Father Jonathan Archer read a passage from the book which was published in 2000 during her memorial on Friday. Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026 Sophie D’Amours, rector at Université Laval, adds that the university prioritizes the wellbeing and growth of its employees in part because the hope is for employees to stay long-term and build their careers at ULaval. Rachel Rabkin Peachman, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026 Ryan said Sheridan kept other board members in the dark, including the rector at the time of his departure. Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 24 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rector
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Noun
  • In Silber’s revival, the wise schoolmaster Mr. Lundie is Widow Lundie, and the town flirt Meg Brockie is a pub owner pushing middle age.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • By the end of the school year, the headmaster sent a letter home suggesting Hart pursue his high school career elsewhere.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 3 June 2026
  • Back at the school, Jamison's (Ava Marie Telek) crying in the headmaster's office.
    Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • Pritchard, who served as a deputy under multiple Yolo County supervisors and spent decades as a teacher, has the support of the Yolo County Business PAC, which backs pro-business candidates.
    Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026
  • Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic Pikes Peak During the summer of 1893, poet and literature professor Katharine Lee Bates joined other teachers working in Colorado Springs for the summer and took a ride to the top of Pikes Peak.
    Alia Beard Rau, USA Today, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • Born on July 27, 1954, in Israel, Janklowicz was a one-time Olympic hopeful in the decathlon, and dedicated his early years to track and field before serving as a fitness instructor in the Israel Defense Forces.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 10 June 2026
  • Learn to ride Atlantic swells from expert instructors in towns like Lagos.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • At those gatherings, there will be fans like these two schoolteachers, who have saved their money for decades to watch the world’s best play all over the world.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2026
  • The former elementary schoolteacher is now an online influencer, whose content celebrates people of all shapes, including her own.
    Tracy Smith, CBS News, 7 June 2026
Noun
  • The union will protect educators' academic freedom rights, keeping faculty expertise in teaching, research, and publication at the forefront.
    CBS Baltimore Staff, CBS News, 14 June 2026
  • The latter event allowed the children of military families, first responders and educators to lace on skates for a whirl.
    Zac Anderson, USA Today, 14 June 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
  • Maryland has too few nursing school educators, insufficient clinical placement sites, inadequate preceptor compensation, and no coherent statewide strategy to retain nurses in the public sector and underserved communities.
    Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 2026
  • Donald Trump, too, is scaling up a model whose original preceptor was Orbán.
    Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026

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“Rector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rector. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.

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