as in educates
to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field
a master gardener taught us about the basics of organic gardening
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Lyman, along with Eric Tobin of Hopeless Records and Mike Kaminsky of KMGMT, who also teaches at USC, got together to create the Summer School tour, a traveling group of emerging pop-punk and indie acts, to try to fill the void left after Warped Tour temporarily hung up its cape in 2019.
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Charlie Vargas, Daily News, 4 June 2026
Paula Chesley teaches yoga at a clinic for people with eating disorders, including both service members and veterans.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 3 June 2026
Andreatta previously worked as an advancement officer at Jessup University and currently teaches as an adjunct professor at Epic Bible College and Graduate School.
—Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
By age 15, Iris had attempted suicide twice, both times being found at home by her father, a former psychiatric nurse who now teaches nursing.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
The program offers paid training and teaches the necessary skills from scratch.
—Kat Tretina, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2026
The Catholic Church teaches that all other people are conceived with original sin as a result of Adam and Eve’s disobedience to God in the Garden of Eden.
—Bridget Retzloff, The Conversation, 2 June 2026
Jeremy Schifeling, a career coach who has held roles at LinkedIn, Khan Academy, and Apple, now teaches job seekers at more than 350 universities how to get past the AI systems filtering them out.
—Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 1 June 2026
Nathan Sebesta teaches his daughter about money.
—Sharon Epperson,stephanie Dhue, CNBC, 1 June 2026
Charlie Vargas, Daily News, 4 June 2026
Paula Chesley teaches yoga at a clinic for people with eating disorders, including both service members and veterans.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 3 June 2026
Andreatta previously worked as an advancement officer at Jessup University and currently teaches as an adjunct professor at Epic Bible College and Graduate School.
—Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
By age 15, Iris had attempted suicide twice, both times being found at home by her father, a former psychiatric nurse who now teaches nursing.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
The program offers paid training and teaches the necessary skills from scratch.
—Kat Tretina, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2026
The Catholic Church teaches that all other people are conceived with original sin as a result of Adam and Eve’s disobedience to God in the Garden of Eden.
—Bridget Retzloff, The Conversation, 2 June 2026
Jeremy Schifeling, a career coach who has held roles at LinkedIn, Khan Academy, and Apple, now teaches job seekers at more than 350 universities how to get past the AI systems filtering them out.
—Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 1 June 2026
Nathan Sebesta teaches his daughter about money.
—Sharon Epperson,stephanie Dhue, CNBC, 1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teaches
educates
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Part of the Who HQ series, this book educates readers about LGBTQ+ activist Harvey Milk, the first openly gay politician elected in California.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
28 May 2026
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
27 May 2026
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“Teaches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teaches. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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