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Recent Examples of cog
Anthony Edwards’ return to offensive form was the key cog in Minnesota’s victory Monday over the Los Angeles Clippers.
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Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 8 Jan. 2025
The Jerry character is a critical cog in the Parks humor machine.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 31 Dec. 2024
What may have begun as a descent into the personal depths of an enigmatic genius ends up as one more cog in the Bob Dylan myth machine.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
Or wanting to share ideas or change the way things are done with senior leadership, only to be treated as a cog in the machine.
—Glenn Llopis, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 8 Jan. 2025
The Jerry character is a critical cog in the Parks humor machine.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 31 Dec. 2024
What may have begun as a descent into the personal depths of an enigmatic genius ends up as one more cog in the Bob Dylan myth machine.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
Or wanting to share ideas or change the way things are done with senior leadership, only to be treated as a cog in the machine.
—Glenn Llopis, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cog
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Rounding out the cast is Jacqueline B. Arnold as play producer 'Anita;' Nicholas Matos as her assistant, 'Scott;' Bella Coppola as assistant choreographer 'Chloe;' and Caroline Bowman and Casey Garvin as two members of Bombshell's cast: 'Karen' and 'Charlie,' respectively.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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Best of The Bee: A former executive assistant at UC Davis accused of embezzlement while working for the campus fire department made her first appearance Tuesday in Yolo Superior Court , via Rosalio Ahumada.—
Jenavieve Hatch,
Sacramento Bee,
24 Jan. 2025
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But the loudest calls to attention have been directed toward subordinates, schoolchildren, and women.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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That internal review, done by Austin’s subordinates, largely absolved anyone of wrongdoing for the secrecy surrounding his hospitalization.—
Tara Copp and Lolita C. Baldor,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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Instead, Guillermo’s boss turned out to be something far more common: just a regular old selfish human willing to take advantage of an ambitious but naive underling.—
Katie Rife,
Vulture,
10 Dec. 2024
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Trump, never one to be burdened by details, has been more than happy to look at the big-picture goals and leave the annoyances to underlings.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
12 Dec. 2024
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But when the choir travels to a countryside convent for a weekend of intensive rehearsals, Lucia’s interest in a dark-eyed restoration worker tests her friendship with Ana-Maria and the other girls.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
22 Jan. 2025
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The president also signed an executive order banning federal employees from working remotely on Monday, which may be part of a strategy to gut the federal workforce and replace vacancies with workers who are explicitly loyal to Trump.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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The president also signed an executive order banning federal employees from working remotely on Monday, which may be part of a strategy to gut the federal workforce and replace vacancies with workers who are explicitly loyal to Trump.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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The couple alleges that they were racially profiled by employees of the airline after Williams, a Black man, was accused of trafficking his own wife, Shasholka, a Russian national.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Jan. 2025
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No matter what spec-chart flunkies might say about a car that merely hits 60 mph in 3.1 seconds, GT 63 proved as ferocious and exhilarating as any front-engine GT car available, whether German, Italian or English.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024
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Jin and his other flunkies excuse themselves, but Tetsu keeps Botan there to question him.—
Chris Klimek,
Vulture,
24 July 2024
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Imagine this group of hangers on and yes-men (and women) working with Trump on a national or international crisis.—
Frederic B. Hill,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Dec. 2024
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But if each of those assistants turns into a yes-man, then users run the risk of getting bad information because consensus will be reached too quickly.—
Paolo Confino,
Fortune,
14 Oct. 2024
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Noto and Levin will each receive cash retainers of $105,000 and stock grants of $240,000 in 2025 for serving on Warner Bros.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
14 Jan. 2025
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Removable veneers: Removable, snap-on, or pop-on veneers can be removed, just like a retainer.—
Adrienne Dellwo,
Verywell Health,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Cog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cog. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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