as in adherent
one who follows the opinions or teachings of another
a highly influential economist whose acolytes can be found at many major universities
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Recent Examples of acolyte
With Donald Trump in the White House again, this Know Nothing legacy has its most powerful acolyte ever.
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025
At this point, Matthew is still at the bottom of the pecking order, an appendage and acolyte who understands the delicacy of his station.
—Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
The delay had caused some of Ulbricht’s acolytes to worry.
—Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Today, perhaps, only some Donald Trump acolytes such as Elon Musk can make black lives matter, undoing years of bloody damage from progressive activists and indifference from everyone else.
—Wilfred Reilly, National Review, 22 Jan. 2025
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025
At this point, Matthew is still at the bottom of the pecking order, an appendage and acolyte who understands the delicacy of his station.
—Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
The delay had caused some of Ulbricht’s acolytes to worry.
—Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Today, perhaps, only some Donald Trump acolytes such as Elon Musk can make black lives matter, undoing years of bloody damage from progressive activists and indifference from everyone else.
—Wilfred Reilly, National Review, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for acolyte
Noun
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Another college at risk is Williamsburg Brooklyn’s United Talmudic Seminary, which trains more than 2,000 male adherents to the ultra-orthodox Satmar Hasidic sect in Jewish law and teachings.—
Emma Whitford,
Forbes,
3 Feb. 2025
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This minority religious population has faced systematic genocide, with the CCP detaining over one million adherents.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
26 Nov. 2024
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Something so impossible happened that his disciples were completely changed and declared that this dead one was now alive again.—
Lynne Silva-Breen,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Pep Guardiola will lock horns with his old disciple Enzo Maresca on Saturday night, a rematch which will be fought in very different circumstances to last summer’s season opener.—
Oli Gamp,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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The marketing stunt involves Duolingo's account on Twitter/X, which has over 930,000 followers.—
Michael Kan,
PCMAG,
11 Feb. 2025
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For the past few days, West has spewed virulently antisemitic, homophobic and misogynistic hate speech via his X account to his more than 32 million followers.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Acolyte.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acolyte. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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