Thesaurus results for EDUCATOR

educator

noun

ˈe-jə-ˌkā-tər

Definition of educator

as in teacher

a person whose occupation is to give formal instruction in a school decided at a fairly young age that there is no more rewarding career than that of an educator

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Recent Examples of educator The argument supporting Measure Z was signed by farmer Blair Voelz, educator Karen Rosenkilde Bayne, former Woodland City Manager Kris Kristensen, business leader Aniek Pflager and agricultural supplier Erik Wilson. — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026 In West Virginia and Alaska, educators’ unions formally backed legislation requiring CPR education, while efforts in Washington and Illinois advanced in memory of students lost to cardiac arrest. — Meng Yang, Time, 18 Oct. 2026 The Oregon school district that lost three young students and a teacher in a mass shooting this week expressed profound grief on Saturday, praising the courage of the educator and staff member who risked their lives during the attack. — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026 The company’s Club for the Future nonprofit has reached nearly 700,000 Florida students and 65,000 educators since 2019. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for educator

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All four judges are former students or teachers at the College of Magic.

— Julie Bourdin, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026
Our teacher had talked about it since the first day, and we were supposed to work on it all year.

— Souvankham Thammavongsa, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of teacher

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Our workforce model still depends on real instructors, mentors, employers, educational institutions and community partners.

— Maria Trochimezuk, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Since then, numerous instructors have found ways to use a chair for adapted versions of a surprising number of traditional yoga movements, like lunging warrior poses and standing-to-lying sun salutations.

— Jennifer Heimlich, Time, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of instructor

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