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tutelage

noun

ˈtü-tə-lij

Definition of tutelage

as in teaching

the act or process of imparting knowledge or skills to another a governess overseeing the tutelage of the family's children

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Recent Examples of tutelage Eight players have signed professional contracts under his tutelage. — Latif Love july 10, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026 But the skating and skills drills, as well as meeting with nutritionists and sports psychologists, provide tutelage beyond the ice that should lead to success as their careers progress. — Eduardo A. Encina, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026 Águas said around six or seven players in the current squad had played under his tutelage and that things had changed quite a bit with the nation’s soccer federation. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 3 July 2026 Syd started working on them all the way back in season one, under Carmy’s tutelage. — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for tutelage

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The contents of the sixth chapter were initially Baraitot, oral teachings passed down alongside the Mishnah.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026
Is the use of popular culture worthwhile as a method for teaching and engaging with first-generation college students?

— Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2026

Definition of teaching

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Some factors outside of districts’ control, such as the declining birth rate and competition with the private sector, could be contributing to this trend, according to local and state education leaders.

— Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2026
Villalobos’ career spans thirty years in the school district with a brief interlude in the private sector, working for education technology companies.

— Austin Horn July 30, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026

Definition of education

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Mandarin is the language of formal schooling in China since middle school, and the result, as Li describes it, is a generation that speaks its ancestral dialect with growing unfamiliarity.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 July 2026
Fauci has described the principles that drive him—public service, integrity, clarity of thought and speech—as the yield of his Jesuit schooling.

— Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026

Definition of schooling

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But a Canadian legislator took that idea to an embarrassing new level this week, reading an apparent LLM prompt instruction into the record during a floor speech.

— Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026
Each specific kind of peptide carries a different instruction, explains LaValle, who is also chair of the International Peptide Society.

— Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 24 July 2026

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