docents

noun

plural of docent
as in professors

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  1. professors
  2. instructors
  3. educators
  4. doctors
  5. schoolteachers
  6. deans
  7. preceptors
  8. guides
Noun
  • Recruit interns through an active marketing campaign that includes targeting certification hubs, career fairs and on-campus recruiting, and liaising with department heads and professors.
    — Michelle Sims, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Dhillon also expressed concern over funding for professors’ work and for laboratories that deal with potentially sensitive information from a national security perspective.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of professors
Noun
  • The district has 12 instructors working toward obtaining their teaching licenses, the district said.
    — Sofi Zeman August 19, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026
  • In the career department, there’s a chef and a car saleswoman, along with several teachers, tech recruiters and fitness instructors.
    — Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of instructors
Noun
  • But for educators, there is a growing consensus that AI literacy is about more than learning how to use generative AI and write good prompts.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Convocation was an investment in preparing and aligning the thousands of educators and employees responsible for serving Fort Worth ISD students every day.
    — Lacey Beasley, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of educators
Noun
  • From 2010 to 2024, cancer drug revenue to doctors and hospitals increased from about $9 billion to nearly $36 billion, according to research by Aaron Mitchell of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
  • There are so many ways that the hospital can and must accommodate doctors.
    — Carita Rizzo, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of doctors
Noun
  • Several schoolteachers described bringing the nest cam into their classrooms as a learning tool.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Schock grew up in Santa Clarita, California, the daughter of two schoolteachers.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of schoolteachers
Noun
  • Continue reading … 'THIS IS RIDICULOUS' — Med school deans come up empty in tense hearing when asked point blank if men can have babies.
    — , FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026
  • Pageants, deans' lists, graduations or military enlistments are not accepted.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 June 2026
Definition of deans
Noun
  • Nataly Degante and Mayra Vargas, who graduated in 2023, have begun working as preceptors — practitioners who supervise interns or students during clinical trainings — at organizations in Los Angeles.
    — Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
Definition of preceptors
Noun
  • Scaling Bike Tourism With A Family-First Mentality Today, the company employs between 20 and 30 full-time staff, depending on the season, along with 75 local guides in a dozen countries.
    — Brianna Randall, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The roughly 15,000 outfitters and guides under permit on federal lands typically are very small businesses that depend on steady bookings.
    — Nancy Forster-Holt, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of guides
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