docent
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“You know, their story is quite similar to how women in England weren’t allowed to play football for years,” observed Higgins, netting a doubtful reaction from the museum’s forbearing docent.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
Francisco George, a longtime art collector and docent at LACMA, is a Frieze regular.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
"Our findings show that the brain's own defence against amyloid beta can be strengthened by stimulating these receptors," says Per Nilsson, docent at the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 17, 2026
I found her nametag from work as a docent in a historical museum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
The segment opened with a genteel docent standing before a Rembrandt painting and addressing a group of unshaven men dressed in ragged clothing.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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