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Recent Examples of docent
Point Lobos alone has more than 200 docents, all of whom go through a months-long training course and commit to a minimum of six hours of service per month.
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Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
Sally Merrell, a docent at Forest Home, often pointed out during visitor tours that some of the hills could be ancient Indigenous mounds.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024
Holidays in History tour: On Saturdays in December (with the exception of Dec. 14), docents will lead a tour through the museum, exploring how European immigrants brought their holiday traditions to Milwaukee.
—Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
You’ll be guided by BLF docents who will share the lagoon’s history and talk about the species that live there as well as the plant communities of the lagoon environments.
—Encinitas Advocate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2024
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Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
Sally Merrell, a docent at Forest Home, often pointed out during visitor tours that some of the hills could be ancient Indigenous mounds.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024
Holidays in History tour: On Saturdays in December (with the exception of Dec. 14), docents will lead a tour through the museum, exploring how European immigrants brought their holiday traditions to Milwaukee.
—Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
You’ll be guided by BLF docents who will share the lagoon’s history and talk about the species that live there as well as the plant communities of the lagoon environments.
—Encinitas Advocate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for docent
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The summit is one of the first steps in figuring out how to create a regulatory framework for cryptocurrency, says Campbell Harvey, a professor of finance at Duke University.—
Deepa Shivaram,
NPR,
7 Mar. 2025
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Some big-name actors have been rumored to be in consideration for the roles of various professors at Hogwarts — such as Snape, Professor McGonagall, Hagrid and Dumbledore.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
7 Mar. 2025
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This is largely because of its instructor, Aan Deesamer.—
Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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Wilson, an instructor at Spelman College in Atlanta, was found dead the next day, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) previously told PEOPLE.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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Her doctor, not you, should discuss making those changes with her and the reasons for it.—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
10 Mar. 2025
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Tort-reform advocates were backed by powerful interest groups, such as the Texas Association of Business and Texans for Lawsuit Reform, which was made up of large insurers, doctors, construction companies, and retailers.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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However, college-level ethnic studies educators have quickly condemned the bill.—
Molly Gibbs and Grant Stringer Bay Area News Group (TNS),
arkansasonline.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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Obituaries Norma Rae Long, an educator who taught sports and directed lifelong learning programs, died of multiple organ failure Feb. 15 at Gilchrist Center Towson.—
Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Mar. 2025
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The dean of the Kennedy School issued a statement distancing himself from the talk.—
Nathan Heller,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Cardinal Re picked to lead prayer vigil on Wednesday The dean of the College of Cardinals, meanwhile, was designated to lead the Vatican’s prayer vigil in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday night, thrusting a key figure in any future possible conclave into the spotlight.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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Flack, who died on Monday at 88, began her career as a schoolteacher with a solid grounding in both classical music and Black church singing.—
Ben Sisario,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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The wiry and intense physicality that Benesch brought to her role as a newbie schoolteacher in The Teachers’ Lounge — a kind of frankness and presence that’s evident too in her mostly deskbound role in September 5 — finds new depths in her Late Shift performance.—
Sheri Linden,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 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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“Docent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/docent. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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