docent
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Our local host narrated what followed with the ease of a docent: yellow croaker steamed in fragrant rice wine and a whole fruitwood-roasted duck, brought out intact before being carved three ways tableside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
You’re not returning each object to its rightful home like a dutiful museum docent.
From Salon ● May 5, 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
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 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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