1
as in to teach
to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field
tutored me in Spanish
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as in to guide
to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed
bought a video series designed to tutor a person in the fine art of decorating cakes
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Kevin Sherrington, Dallas Morning News, 8 Jan. 2026
And at Sierra Canyon School, the administration has formed a partnership with AI education platform edYOU, which provides students with personalized chatbot avatars that can help them with everything from tutoring to tracking their coursework.
—Degen Pener, HollywoodReporter, 3 Jan. 2026
Brian Truitt, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026
The Kansas City chapter has been around for 10 years, placing AmeriCorps members into urban schools to mentor and tutor students.
—Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2026
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Verb
Dixon has coached and tutored and fed and housed him.
—Kevin Sherrington, Dallas Morning News, 8 Jan. 2026
And at Sierra Canyon School, the administration has formed a partnership with AI education platform edYOU, which provides students with personalized chatbot avatars that can help them with everything from tutoring to tracking their coursework.
—Degen Pener, HollywoodReporter, 3 Jan. 2026
Noun
Young tutor Will Shakespeare (Paul Mescal) falls for Agnes (Buckley), a free spirit who some think is a forest witch.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026
The Kansas City chapter has been around for 10 years, placing AmeriCorps members into urban schools to mentor and tutor students.
—Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2026
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For example, if ST Engineering can make advanced vehicles in a country with more space for production plants than Singapore, the company would collaborate and teach them how to build them in a co-production effort.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
7 Feb. 2026
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Colleges and universities are teaching full courses dedicated to understanding Bad Bunny’s work as a site of critical inquiry.—
Dr. Carlos A Torre,
Hartford Courant,
7 Feb. 2026
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Just as people instinctively adjust their touch when another person pulls away, visible feedback from machines could help guide behavior and reduce unintentional damage.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 Feb. 2026
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Five minutes after half-time, Dominic Calvert-Lewin had the space to guide an improvised finish home with his chest, after Gruev was allowed far too much room to cross from the edge of the box.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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Positions hit hardest by the cuts include certain teachers, aides and administrators, according to a break-down by the Boston Municipal Research Bureau (BMRB).—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
10 Feb. 2026
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Mayes was a young teacher at Forest Oaks Middle School in Fort Worth when her older brother took off for Vietnam.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Feb. 2026
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
10 Feb. 2026
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Years of disinvestment, inconsistent arts funding and bureaucratic contracting delays have hollowed out the robust infrastructure that allows these artists to educate fellow New Yorkers.—
Kimberly Olsen,
New York Daily News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Musgrave, 58, has coached for nearly 30 years at both the NFL and collegiate level.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
10 Feb. 2026
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The Wranå siblings grew up as rivals and were coached by their father, Mats Wranå.—
Julia Frankel,
Twin Cities,
10 Feb. 2026
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Song Zhongping, a military analyst and former PLA instructor, pointed out that at least six GJ-21 aircraft – the naval variant of the Chinese stealth attack drone GJ-11 – were visible on the deck in the concept image, reported SCMP.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Feb. 2026
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According to his LinkedIn page, Cioni is a teacher at Basis Oro Valley School and works as an instructor for sixth-grade science and AP biology.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Feb. 2026
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Throughout her long history at the Sundance Institute, Satter worked with and mentored several of the Theatrical Film nominees, including Anderson, Chloé Zhao (who was in the same Sundance class), and Ryan Coogler.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
8 Feb. 2026
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The group is a part of the mentoring program DETOUR, which was honored with an award at Saturday’s breakfast.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Tutor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tutor. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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