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Recent Examples of headmaster
The ideal lighting is a soft, warm glow like in the headmaster’s office at a British boarding school.
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Meghana Indurti, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2024
Coin Heist, adapted from Elisa Ludwig’s YA novel, follows in the footsteps of The Breakfast Club by uniting high schoolers who otherwise wouldn’t give each other the time of day: a hacker, the headmaster’s slacker son, a football phenom on a scholarship, and an uptight brainiac.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 8 Jan. 2025
The clip shows the headmaster greet the Wales family in order of seniority starting with William, then Kate and then George, the second in line to the throne.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
Series two sees a new era for St Gilbert’s, with headmaster Bernard, who had brought the scholarship students into the school, suspended following a school rebellion.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2024
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Meghana Indurti, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2024
Coin Heist, adapted from Elisa Ludwig’s YA novel, follows in the footsteps of The Breakfast Club by uniting high schoolers who otherwise wouldn’t give each other the time of day: a hacker, the headmaster’s slacker son, a football phenom on a scholarship, and an uptight brainiac.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 8 Jan. 2025
The clip shows the headmaster greet the Wales family in order of seniority starting with William, then Kate and then George, the second in line to the throne.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
Series two sees a new era for St Gilbert’s, with headmaster Bernard, who had brought the scholarship students into the school, suspended following a school rebellion.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for headmaster
Noun
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Natalia is currently studying for her GED, dreaming of one day becoming a teacher, People reports.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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Nearly a year later, in October 2024, the Steubenville teacher and thousands of other pro-lifers (including some of his students) converged on Capitol Square in Columbus for the Ohio March for Life.—
Jack Butler,
National Review,
20 Feb. 2025
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On the other side of the room, a wooden schoolmaster’s desk is another cherished piece.—
Lennie Omalza,
The Courier-Journal,
20 June 2024
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In the original Irving tale, the character of Katrina — the young woman in Sleepy Hollow who schoolmaster Ichabod Crane and prankster Brom Bones covet as a future bride — has only a small part.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Oct. 2023
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Other information provided by the Archdiocese noted Reidy was ordained by Bishop Timothy J. Harrington at Saint Paul Cathedral in Worcester in 1994, and was assigned to St. Peter Parish in Worcester before becoming rector of Saint Paul Cathedral by Bishop Daniel P. Reilly.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
12 Feb. 2025
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The church is the spiritual home to about 500 families, according to the church's rector, the Rev. Bruce Freeman.—
Sarah Ventre,
NPR,
12 Jan. 2025
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The headmistress of her school created bizarre ways to segregate her from the rest of the students, and when Kitty rebelled against these rules, she was expelled.—
Rebekah Taussig,
TIME,
19 Feb. 2025
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Wild Child also stars Emma Roberts and Natasha Richardson in a tale of what happens when teenage California native Poppy (Roberts) is shipped off to boarding school in England, where Richardson plays the headmistress.—
Alex Ross,
People.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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Frost was born in San Francisco in 1874, moved across the country following the death of his dissolute, larger-than-life father, and made a series of homes in mill towns north of Boston with his mother, who was a schoolteacher, and his younger sister.—
Maggie Doherty,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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The sickening explosion, on a clear and cold January morning, was witnessed by children in classrooms across the country because the crew included Christa McAuliffe, a New Hampshire schoolteacher who was to be the first American civilian in space.—
Trip Gabriel,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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Swami Chandrasekaran, an A.I. expert and principal at KPMG, said the gains included using the software assistant as a kind of automated instructor to bring new members of a development team up to speed quickly.—
Steve Lohr,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Alex Beene, a financial literacy instructor at the University of Tennessee at Martin, emphasized the necessity of implementing changes to ensure Social Security's viability for future generations.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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Breastfeeding educators will discuss the benefits and the common challenges of breastfeeding.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Feb. 2025
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This paperwork-heavy process not only burns out educators but also diverts resources away from the students who need them most.—
Scott White,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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The course is a two-year Master of Fine Arts degree and will prepare students to enter the industry as intimacy coordinators for film and visual media, intimacy directors for theater and live performance, and intimacy pedagogues for teaching in education and in the profession.—
Patrick Frater,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2023
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His main teacher was Leon Russianoff, a leading clarinet pedagogue of the latter half of the 20th century, after whom Mr. Drucker would name his son.—
Daniel J. Wakin,
New York Times,
20 Dec. 2022
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“Headmaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/headmaster. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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