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Recent Examples of governess
Like James’s governess, Christine becomes an author of sorts through her attempts to understand a situation that isn’t, in the end, all that tractable.
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Joanna Biggs, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
As Winifred assimilates into life at Ensor House, staff members begin to inexplicably disappear, and the owners of the estate begin to wonder if there is something amiss about their new governess.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2024
Set in 1858, the film will follow a young, eccentric governess named Winifred Notty (Qualley) who arrives at the remote gothic manor known as Ensor House.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2024
As a result of his ailments, the young boy spent very little time in public school; he was mainly tutored at home, first by his aunt and later by a French governess.
—Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
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Joanna Biggs, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
As Winifred assimilates into life at Ensor House, staff members begin to inexplicably disappear, and the owners of the estate begin to wonder if there is something amiss about their new governess.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2024
Set in 1858, the film will follow a young, eccentric governess named Winifred Notty (Qualley) who arrives at the remote gothic manor known as Ensor House.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2024
As a result of his ailments, the young boy spent very little time in public school; he was mainly tutored at home, first by his aunt and later by a French governess.
—Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for governess
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Of the deals proposed by our readers, the Quinn one is more appealing to me.—
Matthew Fairburn,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
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The readers of your blog posts won’t make the trip.—
Olga Khazan,
The Atlantic,
18 Feb. 2025
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The meeting underscored that Vatican operations continue, even as doctors caution that the 88-year-old pope's prognosis remains uncertain.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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Major cankers call for a doctor visit, as they’re linked to chronic underlying diseases in many cases.—
Matt Fuchs,
TIME,
26 Feb. 2025
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Each celebrates a matriarch who was present at the Sunday dinners of Hall’s childhood, including her maternal grandmother, Celestine, to a close family friend, Miss Sally, to the preacher’s wife, Mrs. Brooks.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
14 Feb. 2025
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There’s also Anthony Perkins as a madman in a preacher’s robe who is obsessed with China Blue.—
Jordan Crucchiola,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2025
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Leadership professor, job market journalist-analyst, business advisor.—
Eli Amdur,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Similarly, John Eastman, a law professor and Claremont Institute fellow, argues that Wong Kim Ark (1898), which granted birthright citizenship to children of legal immigrants, does not apply to undocumented immigrants.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
22 Feb. 2025
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John Cranfield, interim dean of the University of Guelph's agricultural college, added that empty shelves could lead customers to shop with competitors.—
Ayana Archie,
NPR,
13 Feb. 2025
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Smith, also a defendant in the pending lawsuit against UNCSA, stepped down from his position as music dean the year after Shipps’ departure.—
Sara Coello,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Feb. 2025
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True, big global history is not for pedants and must be selective to remain accessible.—
Walter Scheidel,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Apr. 2022
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This Jet Ski Is Not a Jet Ski Incidentally, for the pedants out there (WIRED salutes you), technically this is not a jet ski, but a personal watercraft, or PWC.—
WIRED,
WIRED,
18 Nov. 2023
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Other founding principals include fellow academicians Andrei Shleifer and Robert Vishny.—
Charles Rotblut,
Forbes,
18 Dec. 2024
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That committee was the brainchild of two men, William Rusher, the publisher of National Review, and his longtime collaborator, F. Clifton White, a lapsed and low-keyed academician from upstate New York.—
Neal B. Freeman,
National Review,
9 July 2024
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His ideas have particularly struck a chord with readers who deal in aesthetics—artists, curators, designers, and architects—even though Han has not quite been embraced by philosophy academe.—
Kyle Chayka,
The New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2024
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That points to a missed opportunity, because even a little self-reflection would reveal much in 21st-century academe that will one day look as repellent as the earlier bias against Jews.—
The Editorial Board,
WSJ,
13 Oct. 2022
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