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"teaching" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often instruction (11 letters).
Definitions
the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
Word origin
From Middle English teching, techinge, from Old English tǣċing, tǣċung (“instruction, direction, teaching”), equivalent to teach + -ing.
Used in a sentence
“Many follow the teachings of Confucius.”
“Teaching has seen continual changes over the past decades.”
“I have found a teaching job.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“classroom instruction”8 letters
02“Education work”8 letters
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