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
So do the teachers who bond together, with their own rubber-bullet guns, to form the PTAA (Parent Teacher Arms Association), in a cartoonishly demagogic response to the issue of school safety.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
Indiana lawmakers advanced a bill that would allow teachers and principals to display the Ten Commandments in school classrooms more easily — drawing concerns about the separation of church and state.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 27 Jan. 2026
Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University and teaches parents, students and teachers how to manage screentime.
—CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
How much experience do the teachers have?
—Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 27 Jan. 2026
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
Indiana lawmakers advanced a bill that would allow teachers and principals to display the Ten Commandments in school classrooms more easily — drawing concerns about the separation of church and state.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 27 Jan. 2026
Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University and teaches parents, students and teachers how to manage screentime.
—CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
How much experience do the teachers have?
—Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 27 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for teacher
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teacher
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In these and other cases, districts concluded the incidents did not amount to antisemitism or discrimination — rulings the state disagreed with, saying educators had not complied with state requirements and had violated anti-discrimination law.—
Molly Gibbs,
Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2026
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The high risk of injury or death has spawned activism from teachers and students, as well as the uptick of educators quitting the profession.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
12 Jan. 2026
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Beleaguered professors, who are largely poorly paid adjunct instructors at this point, will now have to not just contend with essay mills and good old-fashioned cut-and-paste plagiarism, but also the undetectable autograph of the robotic hand.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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The mass exodus of Baby Boomers, coupled with widespread instructor burnout, are just two significant reasons Morris cites for the profound classroom shift.—
Michael Ashley,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Teacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teacher. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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