Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for standard-bearers
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Gables leaders have raised concerns during city meetings about the potential impact.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026 -
City leaders in Lake Dallas got more than an earful from residents who believe they were failed during a crisis in late March when a house explosion critically injured Jessica Bailey Lopez.—
Marvin Hurst,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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As the city has become a year-round base, their clients—often finance and tech principals relocating from New York and California—expect homes to support work, family life, and entertaining without interruption.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
31 Mar. 2026
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The principals at Anonymous shared that their new VP Mather has been instrumental in identifying and shepherding projects across film and television in his nearly seven-year run there, most recently as Director of Development.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
31 Mar. 2026
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Bauers clearly hit the base square in the middle, and the call was quickly overturned, leading to laughs from both managers, the Rays’ Kevin Cash and the Brewers’ Pat Murphy.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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Branch managers or internal human resources/labor relations employees handle those conversations.—
Chase Jordan
April 2,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Apr. 2026
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Insider experiences include a tour of a private palazzo by a prince no less, a painting class inspired by Caravaggio, and a master class in mixing the perfect aperitivo by resident masters.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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This kind of experience was pioneered by theme park masters like Disney, but it has now been embraced by legacy institutions like the Goodman as a way to attract non-theater audiences and, well, mix things up a bit, aesthetically speaking.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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The younger Altman was ousted in February 1998 for failing to tell his superiors about the existence of a controversial videotape that showed firefighters drinking beer and using racial slurs at a firehouse retirement party, the Tribune previously reported.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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All three had been asked by their superiors to replace the plates on their cars but refused, McNicholas said.—
Fedor Zarkhin,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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The new rules were approved by the county's recreation and park commission last week, and they are scheduled to go before the board of supervisors for a vote in the next two months.—
James Taylor,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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But supervisors may monitor campaigns in person.—
Kathy Kristof,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In other words, Doomsayers see a world of declining resources that needs overseers to divvy them up.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
20 Mar. 2026
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Denver’s system also will be cut off from all other law enforcement agencies, and its overseers will create an invite-only sharing system with nearby law enforcement agencies that agree to abide by certain rules.—
Elliott Wenzler,
Denver Post,
11 Mar. 2026
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The audit examines internal MSCS workings from fiscal year 2022 through fiscal year 2024, stretching the tenure of multiple superintendents.—
Brooke Muckerman,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
1 Apr. 2026
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Five superintendents left their NWI districts last year, including Sharon Johnson-Shirley at Lake Ridge Schools.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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