as in education
the act or process of imparting knowledge or skills to another
a chemist who has devoted his career to teaching, even though he could have made a lot more money in an industrial job
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as in educating
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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Recent Examples of teaching
Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Floating wetland in the Charles River CBS Boston The project is also a teaching tool.
—Jacob Wycoff, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 4 Apr. 2026
By then, the photographers Aaron Siskind and Harry Callahan were teaching at the school, along with Hazel Larsen Archer, who had overlapped with Rauschenberg in 1949 and captured his love of movement and of grace in a photograph of her own.
—Hilton Als, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Examples of that involvement include an Eagle Scout teaching guitar to three apartment residents and volunteers from churches organizing Sunday potluck dinners at one of the La Grange buildings, Rounds said.
—Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Floating wetland in the Charles River CBS Boston The project is also a teaching tool.
—Jacob Wycoff, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
Her income dipped back to $192,000 in 2024 before rising again last year to $300,000, when Porter returned to teaching law at the University of California-Irvine.
—Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 4 Apr. 2026
By then, the photographers Aaron Siskind and Harry Callahan were teaching at the school, along with Hazel Larsen Archer, who had overlapped with Rauschenberg in 1949 and captured his love of movement and of grace in a photograph of her own.
—Hilton Als, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teaching
Noun
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For years, his main political project was legislation that siphoned public-education funds to private schools via vouchers.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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All art forms require immense time, training, and education to develop the skills needed to create great art.—
Heide Janssen,
Oc Register,
19 Apr. 2026
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Not a new one every year, but a coherent, sustained commitment to supporting and educating student in every zip code.—
Opinion Staff,
Oc Register,
8 Apr. 2026
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And the implication of cost disease is that the only way the cost of raising and educating children will stop going up is if the economy crashes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
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Research highlights that each additional year of schooling increases an individual’s earnings by roughly 10% annually, illustrating how education compounds economic opportunity over time rather than delivering a one-time benefit.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2026
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The older students can help one another with technology that may not have been a part of their schooling, but is now a standard part of education.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
12 Apr. 2026
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The team also gave Luna a series of initial instructions, including pre-launch priorities like hiring an employee to run the store’s day-to-day operations, deciding what the store should sell and ordering inventory.—
David Ingram,
NBC news,
11 Apr. 2026
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Instead, what the court addressed was a single jury instruction, charting several paths forward — including fixing that instruction and trying the case again.—
Alex Crippen,
CNBC,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Teaching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teaching. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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