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Recent Examples of governess
Monroe joins Thomasin McKenzie (Last Night in Soho, JoJo Rabbit) in the production that previously had Margaret Qualley in the role of the governess.
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Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2025
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, 16 May 2025
Set in 1858, the story centers on a governess named Winifred Notty, hiding her psychopathic tendencies while arriving to work at a remote gothic manor.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2025
Isaacs will be stepping into the role of Mr. Pounds, the owner of the estate who employs the young, eccentric governess Winifred Notty.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 16 May 2025
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Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2025
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, 16 May 2025
Set in 1858, the story centers on a governess named Winifred Notty, hiding her psychopathic tendencies while arriving to work at a remote gothic manor.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2025
Isaacs will be stepping into the role of Mr. Pounds, the owner of the estate who employs the young, eccentric governess Winifred Notty.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for governess
Noun
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Of course, that split was just one of many themes from the reader comments.—
Greg Borowski,
jsonline.com,
11 July 2025
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But, first, Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker’s fiction editor, answers readers’ questions about writing.—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
11 July 2025
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If your dry mouth is chronic and/or caused by a Sjogren’s or a side effect of radiation, your doctor may write you a prescription for a drug that increases natural saliva production like pilocarpine (Salagen) or cevimeline (Evoxac).—
Amy Marturana Winderl,
SELF,
8 July 2025
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Kimes has been a regular cast member on Married to Medicine, which depicts the lives of women who are either doctors or the partners of doctors, since its second season premiered in 2014.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
8 July 2025
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Balmer, who visited him in Baton Rouge while researching a 1998 magazine piece about the disgraced preacher, said Swaggart struggled mightily after his fall from grace.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
2 July 2025
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The television preacher from Louisiana died Tuesday, as announced on his public Facebook page.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
1 July 2025
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He was ultimately not accepted to Columbia where his father, Mahmood Mamdani, is a professor of Government and a professor of anthropology political science and African studies.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 July 2025
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For those in New England, these and other deeds aren't forgotten, but perhaps more attention could be paid on the national level, said Dr. Robert J. Allison, professor of history at Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts.—
Peter Suciu,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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The following Naperville residents have completed college/university degrees or have been named to their school’s dean’s list, honor roll or similar academic achievement list. Names, degrees and honors appear below as provided by the respective schools.—
Naperville Sun,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2025
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The program would combine courses taught by Kennedy and Munk faculty members, according to the deans of both institutions.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
28 June 2025
Noun
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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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There’s little scaffolding or bridging, virtually no space given to centralized agencies, which most development academicians would agree still have their place.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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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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Chinese research took a long while to recover from Mao’s purge of academe.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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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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