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Examples of schoolteacher in a Sentence
schoolteachers don't always get the summers off, for some teach during that period as well
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The latest Metro news Image School closings: An elementary schoolteacher in Montclair, N.J., was arrested after making a threat against a principal that prompted officials to close the schools.
—James Barron, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Also Friday, the State Department said an American schoolteacher arrested in Russia on drug charges more than four years ago has been designated by the U.S. government as wrongfully detained.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 28 Dec. 2024
His father, a retired schoolteacher who studied philosophy and social sciences, taught middle school in Jackson Heights.
—E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2024
Her Jessica Fletcher was a retired schoolteacher turned successful mystery writer, who proves to have an uncanny knack for solving real-life murders.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 Dec. 2024
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First Known Use
1751, in the meaning defined above
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“Schoolteacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schoolteacher. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
Kids Definition
schoolteacher
noun
school·teach·er
-ˌtē-chər
: a person who teaches school
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