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Messages left with Sacred Heart Major Seminary and its current rector/president, Very Rev. Stephen Burr, were not returned.
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Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 1 Aug. 2025
His daughter, Olivia, even married Cleveland Benedict, who at one point became the rector of Christ Church, according to the Glendale Heritage Preservation's website.
—Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
The two were married on June 6 at the Old Chapel at Central Moravian Church in Bethlehem, Pa., by the Rev. Elizabeth Keeler, the rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Washington, Va.
—Jenny Block, New York Times, 13 June 2025
White served on the board of visitors at Virginia Tech and was vice rector and rector there.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Aug. 2021
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Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 1 Aug. 2025
His daughter, Olivia, even married Cleveland Benedict, who at one point became the rector of Christ Church, according to the Glendale Heritage Preservation's website.
—Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
The two were married on June 6 at the Old Chapel at Central Moravian Church in Bethlehem, Pa., by the Rev. Elizabeth Keeler, the rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Washington, Va.
—Jenny Block, New York Times, 13 June 2025
White served on the board of visitors at Virginia Tech and was vice rector and rector there.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Aug. 2021
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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
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Filmed in Northern Ireland, the drama centres around pickpocketing genius Gabriel, played by Lucas Leach (FBI International), and his rival, headmaster’s daughter, Penelope, played by Carmel Laniado (The Witcher, Dolittle).—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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Mysteries are cropping up, dating back to the founding of the school, kids are teaming up with Good Professors to expose Evil Professors, and the headmaster is singling out the protagonist for dangerous tasks designed to kill her.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
17 Sep. 2025
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Then one day, the teacher asked if anyone knew about the Holocaust.—
Romina Ruiz-Goiriena,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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Verbatim bell hooks Writer and academic, teacher and activist.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Joe Rao serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New York's Hayden Planetarium.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Previous instructors Vishnu Sinha from Columbia University and Berlinale Talents alumna Paromita Dhar are returning.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
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Anat, the mother, is a schoolteacher who has passed on to her pupils and to her child the ethos of military service in defense of the country.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
3 Oct. 2025
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That’s what allowed his wife, a schoolteacher in New Hampshire, to retire.—
Jim Cramer,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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Turnover among educators in Wisconsin public schools has declined from pandemic-era highs but remains elevated, according to a new report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum.—
Kayla Huynh,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The heroism of educators and staff who kept students quiet under pews and sheltered in a downstairs classroom is vividly revealed.—
Michael Dorgan , Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
4 Oct. 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 8 Oct. 2025.
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