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didacts

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plural of didact

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The teenager loved Kennedale High School and was cherished by his classmates and teachers, the post read.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2026
Local governments are running deficits, with many struggling to pay teachers and civil servants their salaries and benefits on time.

— Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of teachers

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Collaboration Education organizes and assigns retired educators as tutors and helps economically disadvantaged parents engage productively with schools.

— Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 8 Oct. 2026
Safe, equitable and joyful schools built on strong relationships between students, educators, families and communities.

— Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of educators

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Medieval schoolmen worrying over Aristotle could be pedants; so could cultivated female salonnières in seventeenth-century Paris.

— Clare Bucknell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
As botanists and pedants will tell you, figs are technically a flower, not a fruit.

— Emily Saladino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Sep. 2025

Definition of pedants

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Everyone from the front-desk employees to the housekeepers to the yoga instructors were helpful and attentive.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
But Greene says Forbes Road instructors earn $11,000 less than peers at competitive career and technical education centers.

— Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of instructors

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The team combines expertise from engineering science, philosophy and experimental psychology, supported by the University of Oxford senior academics combining academic rigor with Polestar’s automotive expertise.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 May 2026
These boards, comprised of academics and civic leaders, are tasked with upholding academic integrity while ensuring institutional accountability.

— Ilya Shapiro, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025

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