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schoolmarms

noun

variants or schoolma'ams

plural of schoolmarm

as in teachers

US, old-fashioned a woman who teaches in a school in a small town or in the country In the movie, she plays a doting schoolmarm in colonial New England.

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Fuller is nearly six months into the new position, created as Texas faces growing scrutiny over how school districts handle allegations involving teachers, coaches, and other school employees.

— Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
During the day, these women work as teachers, painter-decorators, full-time carers.

— Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

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The Getty Suite speaks for itself with its throne-like chairs, opulent tapestries, carved rose wooden ceiling and connecting door into the Medici Suite (CH) where Getty put up some of his mistresses.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 July 2026
On the other hand, Dunaway and her tart-talking sidekick, Brenda Vaccaro, seem to be having the time of their lives as mistresses of the shades of darkness (their ramshackle abode is a funhouse Ghost Train ride festooned with skeletons, spiders and tattered netting).

— Arthur Knight, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026

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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

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