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Recent Examples of taskmistress
The arrangement understandably makes commentators squirm: a white taskmistress keeping a black ward in her basement to turn out paintings on command.
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Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 24 June 2018
Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 24 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taskmistress
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Ian Clark works his goalies very hard and has a reputation as a 'taskmaster'. 3.Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 23 Aug. 2024
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Saturn, the taskmaster planet, is considered a symbol of structure, discipline, responsibility and authority.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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Youth team manager Dave Merrington was a strict disciplinarian, ensuring all the menial jobs done by budding young footballers back then — such as cleaning the dressing rooms and sweeping the terraces — had to be done to the highest standard.Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 13 Aug. 2024
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Bernard Parks, chief from 1997 to 2002, had a reputation as a tough disciplinarian, which frequently put him at odds with the police union.Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024
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But Muir’s co-moderator, Linsey Davis, was a different case: Davis wore a mannish, gray suit jacket and struck a pose of martinet — almost schoolmarmish — solemnity.Armond White, National Review, 20 Sep. 2024
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There’s Cece’s father, long vanished; Ronnie, a predator; Marcel, a martinet; Joel, a manipulator; and a random catcaller in the street, whom Cece sends scurrying away by turning her acting skills to practical use.Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
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“Taskmistress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taskmistress. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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