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Recent Examples of governess
Like James’s governess, Christine becomes an author of sorts through her attempts to understand a situation that isn’t, in the end, all that tractable.
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Joanna Biggs, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
As Winifred assimilates into life at Ensor House, staff members begin to inexplicably disappear, and the owners of the estate begin to wonder if there is something amiss about their new governess.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2024
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.
—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
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Joanna Biggs, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
As Winifred assimilates into life at Ensor House, staff members begin to inexplicably disappear, and the owners of the estate begin to wonder if there is something amiss about their new governess.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2024
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for governess
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Of the deals proposed by our readers, the Quinn one is more appealing to me.—
Matthew Fairburn,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
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The readers of your blog posts won’t make the trip.—
Olga Khazan,
The Atlantic,
18 Feb. 2025
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Monica’s most impactful relationship on the show was with fellow doctor Alan Quartermaine, played by the late Stuart Damon.—
Stephanie Wenger,
People.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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After a doctor ordered a COVID-19 test, Grendell allegedly threatened to hold the mother in contempt of court.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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In Parable of the Sower published in 1993, Butler depicted an apocalyptic future through the perspective of a preacher's daughter, Lauren Olamina.—
Jireh Deng,
NPR,
8 Feb. 2025
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Enough preachers have told him that over the years.—
Jeffrey Fleishman,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2025
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Richard Painter, a law professor at the University of Minnesota who was the chief ethics lawyer in the administration of President George W. Bush, told CNN in a phone interview that Musk must recuse himself from anything to do with the CFPB or risk violating criminal conflict of interest law.—
Matt Egan,
CNN,
11 Feb. 2025
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Steve Vladeck, a law professor at Georgetown University, said presidents can appeal adverse rulings rather than imply they shouldn't be followed.—
Bart Jansen,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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The other two finalists in the presidential search are Michael Hartline, the dean of the College of Business at Florida State University, and John Volin, executive vice president and provost at the University of Maine.—
Jessica Abramsky,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2025
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In the movie, Cardinal Lawrence, the beleaguered dean of the College of Cardinals, is tasked with keeping all the melodrama in check.—
Michael Schulman,
The New Yorker,
6 Feb. 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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