tutor
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For families who want full-time dedicated staff, a travel nanny costs $120,000 to $170,000 a year; a private governess, a tutor who blends academics with social development, can today reach $200,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
He is studying for the the law-school entrance exam so that he can become a test tutor.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026
Dr Ben King, who was Redfearn's tutor for five years, said he had been "highly intelligent", and a "lovely lad" who "everyone admired".
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
Then, in March 2020, he took a job as a tutor at C2 Education.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2026
Or when he’d started another new school where the teachers looked at his record and made unfair assumptions about him and assigned him a tutor in math, his best subject.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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Quintessentially, a global concierge firm whose U.S. memberships begin at $25,000 a year, has handled preschool applications, pet procurement and six-month family sabbaticals with traveling tutors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Obrokta said he offered administrators “an open checkbook” for tutors or other intervention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Michelle Crumm said that when her three children were in high school, they worked part time as tutors and on a golf course.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 2026
They have different tutors each time they show up, but when she showed her daughter Allen's picture, she recognized him as one of the teachers who helped her.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
Surely Cardan must have been given fighting tutors since he was old enough to hold a stick in his hands.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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Chatty and social, she volunteered in soup kitchens and tutored non-English speakers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
I tutored them during the pandemic; it was one of my last jobs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
Simpson will have the luxury of being tutored by coach Sean McVay while sitting behind Stafford.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
When not filming or being tutored, the boys spent their time swimming in the sea and their hotel pool; fishing, exploring local waterfalls, playing pool and even staging their own talent show.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
I mustn’t feel bad that I haven’t done as well as the swordswoman did; after all, no bird called me, no wise old people tutored me.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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She applied for her school to participate in Florida’s voucher-like program as a tutoring service and was approved.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
Early, intensive tutoring is one of the most effective interventions available to change that, and it’s a support that teachers want in their classrooms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Summer school and summer tutoring costs also aren’t covered by the Child and Dependent Care Credit either, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
In some cases there's even private tutoring to arrange if their child has left mainstream school to focus on the sport.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Rufus’s own reading was improving slowly under Kevin’s tutoring, but he still enjoyed being read to.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
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