rector

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Recent Examples of rector Among the major threats to Rocha Moya’s political survival was the outcry about the 2024 shooting death of his one-time chief political rival, Héctor Melesio Cuén Ojeda, a former lawmaker and university rector. Steve Fisher, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026 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 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
  • 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
  • Though the frigid headmaster answers their questions about his wife and his own timeline without flair, his demeanor immediately puts Annie on edge.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 23 July 2026
  • She was cast as Athena, the class ‘troublemaker’ was Odysseus, and the school’s headmaster bumbled around, one-eyed, as the Cyclops.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 17 July 2026
Noun
  • Presley told the Board of Managers that over the last few months, the district has hired 142 uncertified teachers.
    Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026
  • For fans, watching players who are college students, doctors, teachers and company workers is part of the appeal – and a contrast with the Chinese Super League.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
Noun
  • In recent years, nursing has become more technologically advanced, another draw for men, says Steven Parsons, a cardiovascular operating room nurse and adjunct instructor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
    Andrea Hsu, NPR, 21 July 2026
  • Beyond her work in pageants, Malcolm was an actress, television presenter, and dance instructor.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 20 July 2026
Noun
  • The retired schoolteacher had ridden at the more than 27,000-acre off-road area numerous times before and was eager to try out her new bike, a gray-and-white Kawasaki KLX 300R dirt bike, according to the outlets.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
  • Goforth retired from her job as a schoolteacher, most recently at Albert Baxter Elementary School in Bellflower, within the past two years, her daughter said.
    Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
Noun
  • But an outdated belief still lingers that educators and parents will not welcome them.
    Karl Mawhinney, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Cabrera, a Glendale resident, is not an educator but said teachers played an important role in her life.
    Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 21 July 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
  • But outside of academic medical centers – in outpatient settings – preceptors must be recruited.
    Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 5 June 2026
  • 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

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“Rector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rector. Accessed 29 Jul. 2026.

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