schoolmistresses

plural of schoolmistress

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for schoolmistresses
Noun
  • And grants to districts to train teachers or recruit school mental health workers have been discontinued for mentions of diversity in recruitment.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 June 2026
  • So was Walnut Creek School District’s Measure L, which asked voters to approve an annual $98 per parcel tax for nine years, which the district said would be used to attract and retain teachers, fund academic programs and maintain class sizes.
    Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • Public schoolteachers are also holding separate talks regarding salary improvements.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 May 2026
  • The Kremlin also released footage Monday of Putin driving to personally pick up one of his old schoolteachers, Vera Gurevich, from a hotel lobby with a bouquet of flowers and an enthusiastic embrace before taking her for dinner at the Kremlin.
    Zahra Ullah, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
Noun
  • The states argued that the policy impedes their ability to hire primary and secondary school educators and to staff public colleges and universities, will stymie academic research and will lead to a decline in medical workers.
    Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
  • Within a decade, more than a third of social-studies educators were coaching sports or teaching phys ed.
    Yoni Appelbaum, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026
Noun
  • Unions representing graduate workers, adjuncts and non-tenure-track instructors have organized in recent years at several campuses, including New York University, Columbia and Harvard.
    Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
  • Those scenes' lighthearted whimsy, featuring late-night hijinks with classmates pranking grumpy instructors, pays off in the story's earliest tragedies.
    Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • The multiple mistresses ruined his image; the countless injuries derailed his golf game.
    Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • Nataly Degante and Mayra Vargas, who graduated in 2023, have begun working as preceptors — practitioners who supervise interns or students during clinical trainings — at organizations in Los Angeles.
    Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
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“Schoolmistresses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolmistresses. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.

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