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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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Join 1 other in the comments View Comments Korea may have to diversify its trading partners instead, Park Sang-in, a professor of economics at Seoul National University, previously told CNN.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
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Laurence Kotlikoff, professor of economics at Boston University, believes that the uncertainty in the market—and subsequently the risk of recession—will continue to hike up mortgage rates.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
9 Apr. 2025
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Little kids can learn to ski here with a individual or group lesson, and the instructors are extraordinary both in terms of getting on the student’s individual wavelength and teaching foundational skills that will last a lifetime.—
Kim Westerman,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Rhonda Stewart is a senior instructor/associate professor at Johnson & Wales University, Charlotte Campus.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
27 Mar. 2025
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The shooter behind the 2023 Nashville elementary school attack that killed six people, including three children, had been obsessively planning it for years while hiding mental health issues from family and doctors, a police report released Wednesday reveals.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Apr. 2025
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That survey just focused on doctors who were in training for obstetrics in gynecology and intended to focus their entire careers on reproductive health.—
Mara Santilli,
Flow Space,
3 Apr. 2025
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Without them, urban and rural districts will struggle to attract qualified educators.—
Scott White,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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All entires were judged by a panel of regional artists, art educators and industry leaders, and the winners’ work is being displayed at the Crystal Bridges’ Community Gallery through May 5.—
Lena Miano,
Arkansas Online,
6 Apr. 2025
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Seidel and the university’s board of trustees, which met just before Wright was terminated as dean, have denied that his demotion was in retaliation for his refusing to transfer the funds.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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But it was trashed by H. L. Mencken, editor of the Baltimore Sun and dean of America‘s literary critics.—
Ron Grossman,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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She was born in 1947, the daughter of a schoolteacher and the famous novelist Osamu Dazai.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
24 Mar. 2025
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My entry in the writing contest caused a scandal among the schoolteachers.—
Yiyun Li,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 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 16 Apr. 2025.
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