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noun

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Recent Examples of tutor
Verb
Those sleepless nights helping him with his homework, picking up shifts to pay for tutors, paid off. Aaron McNaughton, New York Daily News, 7 June 2025 But the ringer is Michael Cera, as Norwegian tutor Bjørn Lund, employed as an all-purpose factotum by the shady, swaggering, death-defying entrepreneur played by Del Toro. Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
Noun
Beginning in 1996, Louise joined Learning Leaders, a nonprofit that trained volunteers to tutor public school students and worked with kids in New York City. Victoria Edel, People.com, 10 June 2025 The advantage of a tutoring side job is minimal overhead—just transportation costs and possibly workbooks or online resources. Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for tutor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tutor
Verb
  • But some have raised safety concerns, highlighting that bans could prevent students from contacting family members during an emergency, and argue that promoting healthier device use could better teach children to manage their screen time.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
  • As William Shakespeare had once taught people about being human, here was Chaplin to enlighten viewers on what laughter could mean.
    Colin Fleming, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • His legacy was the tradition of limited government and individual responsibility that guides us back to our true north when America gets off track.
    Linda McMahon, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 July 2025
  • And last month, Kennedy dismissed an expert panel of vaccine advisers that has historically guided the federal government’s vaccine recommendations, a move that concerned public health officials across the country.
    Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • My sweet teacher friend, Salena Lindesmith, mom of one, is always in athleisure and well-admired for it.
    Jacquelyn Smith, Parents, 1 July 2025
  • In May, a Sacramento Bee investigation found that St. Hope leadership misled the district about an investigation into teacher allegations that a coach was partying with his students.
    Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • Lin was educated in China and Europe, but lived in the U.S. for three decades.
    Emily Feng, NPR, 5 July 2025
  • In 2021, the city created a civilian community liaison position to connect police with citizens and educate the public.
    Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 4 July 2025
Verb
  • In 2017 he was forced to coach the Golden State Warriors because Steve Kerr was having health issues due to a back injury.
    Tom Rende, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
  • When not coaching her kids on how to maim an attacker, Hailey mans the radio.
    Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • Tough middle and high school students have multiple teachers and the same is true for instructors, relationship building must be emphasized.
    Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
  • Canadian actor Truesdale, who plays ballet instructor Raphaël Marchand and right-hand man to Le Ballet National director Geneviève Lavigne (Charlotte Gainsbourg), echoed these sentiments.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 June 2025
Verb
  • There are many mentoring programs in Baltimore: Caroline Center, sponsored by the School Sisters of Notre Dame; Sisters Circle, Mentoring Male Teens in the Hood, and my personal favorite, OrchKids, and the list goes on.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2025
  • Monticello was one of several stops on a 14-day journey North for Helton and eight other middle and high schoolers in Leadership LINKS Inc., a mentoring program for Black girls and young women.
    Deborah Barfield Berry, USA Today, 26 June 2025

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“Tutor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tutor. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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