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Recent Examples of rector
Monsignor Walter Rossi, the rector of the basilica, released a statement mourning Francis’s death.
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 21 Apr. 2025
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.
—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
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 21 Apr. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rector
Noun
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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
Noun
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Jill Hollander, headmaster for ParagonEd, said microschooling allows for each child’s academic needs to be met.—
Rachel Royster
July 25,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 July 2025
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Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore will be played by John Lithgow, Janet McTeer will play Professor Minerva McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu will play Professor Severus Snape and British comedian Nick Frost will play gamekeeper Rubeus Hagrid.—
Julia Moore,
People.com,
9 June 2025
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This wasn’t something that he was taught to do; my father was his own teacher, and adapted to whatever was presented to him in the moment out of necessity.—
Rich Tabaka,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Some may argue these shifts undermine teacher autonomy.—
Marielys Divanne,
New York Daily News,
19 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Helmy, the more sensitive elder brother, has been out of regular work for three years; Erich, the younger brother, has been serving as a ski instructor at a resort hotel and performing as a gigolo to some of the wealthy older women who stay there.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
19 Aug. 2025
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Onlookers at the golf course rushed to aid the two passengers, a pilot and instructor, surveillance footage released by the golf course showed.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
18 Aug. 2025
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Afro-Peruvian singer Susana initially worked as a schoolteacher, then began traveling across the Peruvian coastline with her husband, Ricardo Pereira, studying the culture.—
Thania Garcia,
Variety,
7 Aug. 2025
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Seventeen students from schoolteacher Justine Gandy’s third-grade class left their beds and their homes at 2:17 a.m. one night, running, arms outstretched, to a destination and a fate unknown.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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What do librarians and educators have to say about the potential loss of BadgerLink?—
Quinn Clark,
jsonline.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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While parents were fulfilling back-to-school shopping and educators were equipping classrooms with supplies out of their own pockets, the state that withholds money from CPS was holding a hearing to find out why the district is in financial trouble.—
Stacy Davis Gates,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Aug. 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 25 Aug. 2025.
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