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or schoolma'ams
as in teachers
US, old-fashioned
a woman who teaches in a school in a small town or in the country
In the movie, she plays a doting schoolmarm in colonial New England.
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The budget proposal also includes $700,000 for a performance bonus for Math I teachers in CMS high schools.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Mar. 2026 -
Chatbots have spawned a host of ethical questions about writing assistance for teachers, students and authors.—
Emily Hodgson Anderson,
The Conversation,
25 Mar. 2026
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Providing relief and contrast are the sisters, daughters, mothers, wives, mistresses, and nursemaids, all of whom also have views on ideal social order.—
Adam Begley,
The Atlantic,
1 Dec. 2025
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His character, federal agent Nelson Van Alden, fathered two different children with two different mistresses.—
Ralphie Aversa,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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Whether that means bringing in more instructors or increasing hours for the instructors already in place, the goal is to make sure the program can grow with the students at each site.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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Striking faculty were expected to return to work Wednesday morning, ending two school days of disarray on the Greenwich Village campus as substitute instructors and administrators temporarily taught courses, and some students joined their professors on the picket line.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Schoolmarms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolmarms. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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