docent
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"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
We were soon greeted by Jack Levenberg, a docent and naturalist, with Sierra, a great horned owl, perched on his gloved hand.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026
I found her nametag from work as a docent in a historical museum.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
The docent program is funded by the nonprofit Point Lobos Foundation, which also sponsors park visits from fourth-graders who attend schools in the region’s poorest communities, including farming regions in and around Salinas.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2024
The docent giving the class a tour was elderly and thin and looked as if all the juice had been sucked out of him through a straw via his pursed mouth.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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