as in educator
a person whose occupation is to give formal instruction in a school
a young man who ardently wants to become a teacher and teach first grade
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Recent Examples of teacher
The four-season NBC sitcom about a high school teacher (Kaplan) who contends with his rowdy class of remedial students is best remembered now for providing a young John Travolta with his breakout role.
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 2 June 2026
Employees and other community members stopped by to cast their votes at the mostly-empty ballot box on their way to work and other obligations, including Ryan Murphy, an area teacher and Tahoe Park resident who dropped off his and his wife’s ballots with their young daughter in tow.
—Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 2 June 2026
That means continuing to pay teachers competitively.
—Susana A. Mendoza, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026
As this happened, thousands of Black teachers and principals were dismissed or demoted.
—David Blazar, The Conversation, 1 June 2026
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 2 June 2026
Employees and other community members stopped by to cast their votes at the mostly-empty ballot box on their way to work and other obligations, including Ryan Murphy, an area teacher and Tahoe Park resident who dropped off his and his wife’s ballots with their young daughter in tow.
—Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 2 June 2026
That means continuing to pay teachers competitively.
—Susana A. Mendoza, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026
As this happened, thousands of Black teachers and principals were dismissed or demoted.
—David Blazar, The Conversation, 1 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teacher
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The ruling caps a dramatic downturn in the longtime educator’s two-decade career in urban education, according to the Associated Press (AP).—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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Rosa Barradas, a 24-year-old Gilroy educator, spoke with this news organization before the group began to march.—
Molly Gibbs,
Mercury News,
31 May 2026
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The main event, though, is the ski room—where ski butlers furnish guests with state-of-the-art skis before sliding them onto the slicked Jardin Alpin piste with or without an instructor.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
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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
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“Teacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teacher. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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