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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.
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Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 20 Mar. 2025
On the other side of the room, a wooden schoolmaster’s desk is another cherished piece.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 20 June 2024
In the tiny community of Baile Beag, lessons bend to the hedge teacher’s whim—and, in this case, the white-bearded schoolmaster Hugh (Seán McGinley) loves the classics.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023
In the original Irving tale, the character of Katrina — the young woman in Sleepy Hollow who schoolmaster Ichabod Crane and prankster Brom Bones covet as a future bride — has only a small part.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2023
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Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 20 Mar. 2025
On the other side of the room, a wooden schoolmaster’s desk is another cherished piece.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 20 June 2024
In the tiny community of Baile Beag, lessons bend to the hedge teacher’s whim—and, in this case, the white-bearded schoolmaster Hugh (Seán McGinley) loves the classics.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023
In the original Irving tale, the character of Katrina — the young woman in Sleepy Hollow who schoolmaster Ichabod Crane and prankster Brom Bones covet as a future bride — has only a small part.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schoolmaster
Noun
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Ebrahimian has pleaded with ICE to let Wilber go and submitted seven letters from teachers and counselors.—
Itzel Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
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Two teachers were injured after an assault involving a student during dismissal at a Harford County elementary school on Tuesday.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
Noun
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Back at the school, Jamison's (Ava Marie Telek) crying in the headmaster's office.—
Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 June 2026
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John Lithgow co-stars as beloved Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
10 May 2026
Noun
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About 120 of them engage in adoration and weekend-long spiritual retreats, the first of which saw organizers and the basilica’s rector stay up to prepare the church until well past midnight.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 June 2026
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Fabrizio Giulio Luca Pilo, vice rector of innovation at the University of Cagliari, has been working to help Sardinia transition to cleaner, more reliable energy.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 May 2026
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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
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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
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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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Gilad Janklowicz, a fitness instructor whose signature syndicated TV program Bodies In Motion brought daily exercise routines to viewers newly dazzled by the exercise and aerobics movement of the 1980s and ’90s, died Tuesday, June 9.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
10 June 2026
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Learn to ride Atlantic swells from expert instructors in towns like Lagos.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
10 June 2026
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) Smith won her first Academy Award for Best Actress for this curious, eccentric role as a 1930s schoolmistress who takes four young girls under her wing — for better and for worse.—
Christina Newland,
Vulture,
2 Oct. 2024
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Four years later came her Oscar-winning portrayal of an idiosyncratic English schoolmistress in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.—
Duane Byrge,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Sep. 2024
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The agreement is set to provide wage increases, support, and job security protection for educators at the school.—
CBS Baltimore Staff,
CBS News,
14 June 2026
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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
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“Schoolmaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolmaster. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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