home-schooler

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noun

a child who is educated at home, esp by his or her parents

a parent who educates a child at home

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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

His boss, who he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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Words nearby home-schooler

home rule, home ruler, home run, Homer, Winslow, homeschool, home-schooler, homeschooling, home scrap, home screen, homescreetch, Home Secretary

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How to use home-schooler in a sentence

That officer fretting about his “stance,” we learn, is plagued by PTSD that cripples him both on the job and at home.
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So, Islamized teaching sends girls back home for marriage and housework, and remains exclusively for boys.
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Meanwhile, almost exactly 30 years after the trial, the judge left his home to board a steamboat and was never heard from again.
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The FBI raided his home in 2000 with an affidavit questioning his use of $200,000 from his white supremacist fundraising.
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Scalise spoke briefly, adding little of substance, saying that the people back home know him best.
The Price of Steve Scalise’s Silence|Jason Berry|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It was with a feeling of relief on both sides that the arrival of Mr. Haggard, of the Home Office, was announced.
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In the entrance hall of the Savoy, where large and lonely porters were dozing, he learnt that she was at home.
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I've never had time to write home about it, for I felt that it required a dissertation in itself to do it justice.
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Now and then the boy who had bought Squinty, and who was taking him home, would look around at his pet in the slatted box.
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"I suppose the man Alessandro has something he calls a home," said the Senora, regaining herself a little.
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