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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.
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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
There, the arrival of a governess (Fionnula Flanagan) and her peers kicks off a series of horrifying supernatural occurrences that threaten to unravel Grace’s reality.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2024
This led to Victoria Winters (Alexandra Isles), a governess who arrives at the supernatural-riddled Collins mansion in Collinsport, Maine.
—James Mercadante, Cori Chapman, EW.com, 11 Sep. 2024
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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
There, the arrival of a governess (Fionnula Flanagan) and her peers kicks off a series of horrifying supernatural occurrences that threaten to unravel Grace’s reality.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2024
This led to Victoria Winters (Alexandra Isles), a governess who arrives at the supernatural-riddled Collins mansion in Collinsport, Maine.
—James Mercadante, Cori Chapman, EW.com, 11 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for governess
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Made by History takes readers beyond the headlines with articles written and edited by professional historians.Bruce W. Dearstyne / Made by History, TIME, 13 Jan. 2025
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Write succinct snippets that convey clear value to hook readers, and then guide them to more in-depth content.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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The medical examiner’s office will first use dental records to make an identification, although that requires doctors to have some idea of who the person is, Ukpo said.Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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My doctor, however, didn't understate the situation.Eldiara Doucette, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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Society Fear and Trembling in Las Vegas Tara Isabella Burton A week with the street preachers of Sin City.hazlitt.net, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
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Falwell, among other notable preachers, criticized Carter's interview with Playboy as an example of voicing impure thoughts.Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 29 Dec. 2024
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Helberg is certain that, regardless of the fallibility of AI detection software, professors and college admissions staffers are well aware when applicants write their personal essays with AI because the submissions tend to be, well, robotic.Brad Tuttle, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2025
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More recently: Some of Harvard’s protesting professors have been denied library privileges.David Galef, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025
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Chuck Goudie, Chicago media's dean of investigations, is no longer on the air at ABC7.Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
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Kimberly Dodd, dean of Michigan State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, is an expert in outbreak response for emerging infectious diseases.Kimberly Dodd, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 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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“Governess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/governess. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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