second-in-command
noun
: someone who is ranked second in a group or organization
the police chief's second-in-command
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Evil-Lyn is Skeletor’s second-in-command and uses a wand with a crystal orb to practice the dark arts.
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Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2024
In the Masters universe, Evil-Lyn serves as the second-in-command to the main antagonist, Skeletor, and possesses a mastery of witchcraft and sorcery.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 4 Sep. 2024
Evil-Lyn is Skeletor’s second-in-command and wields a magic wand topped with a crystal orb.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 4 Sep. 2024
He was slotted into a CFO role that many consider to be second-in-command at the nearly 90-year-old company, where his father John H. Tyson has been chairman since 1998.
—Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2024
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Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2024
In the Masters universe, Evil-Lyn serves as the second-in-command to the main antagonist, Skeletor, and possesses a mastery of witchcraft and sorcery.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 4 Sep. 2024
Evil-Lyn is Skeletor’s second-in-command and wields a magic wand topped with a crystal orb.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 4 Sep. 2024
He was slotted into a CFO role that many consider to be second-in-command at the nearly 90-year-old company, where his father John H. Tyson has been chairman since 1998.
—Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2024
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