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Recent Examples of company man
There has always been the late-night-host workaround, from Johnny Carson to David Letterman to Jon Stewart, but over the last 20 years, the networks have favored company men for their high-profile hosting gigs.
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Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2024
Barkley then fired back on X, accusing Barber of being a company man for the team.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2024
After appearing as supercilious EPA company man Walter Peck in Ghostbusters, Atherton completed his trilogy of goofy comedies with Real Genius (1985) and Bio-Dome (1996).
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 28 Sep. 2023
Charles Martinet, the Nintendo company man who has voiced English-language Mario since 1991, is-a retiring from doing the Mario voice.
—Vulture, 21 Aug. 2023
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Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2024
Barkley then fired back on X, accusing Barber of being a company man for the team.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2024
After appearing as supercilious EPA company man Walter Peck in Ghostbusters, Atherton completed his trilogy of goofy comedies with Real Genius (1985) and Bio-Dome (1996).
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 28 Sep. 2023
Charles Martinet, the Nintendo company man who has voiced English-language Mario since 1991, is-a retiring from doing the Mario voice.
—Vulture, 21 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for company man
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DeMille, a social media specialist with a background in marketing, has highlighted influencers using the Los Angeles wildfires to peddle detoxes, fear mongering about parasites, and making claims about supplements that sound different than the disclaimers on the product's websites.—
Jude Joffe-Block,
NPR,
20 Feb. 2025
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Barron said the turtles suffered from several illnesses including pneumonia, viral diseases, skin infections, parasites, dehydration and weight loss after being unable to feed themselves or swim.—
Terry Collins,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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Scrub with a sponge or dishcloth, using a Mr. Clean Eraser for tough spots.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
28 Feb. 2025
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Björk’s infamous 2001 Oscars swan dress takes flight as a delicate pavlova with passion fruit ganache, while Jennifer Lopez’s game-changing green Versace number appears as a tropical coconut mousse with pineapple-lime chutney on pistachio sponge.—
Ritu Upadhyay,
WWD,
28 Feb. 2025
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But his theory seemed to mirror the temperament of Deng, who, for all his reformist tendencies, was a ruthless apparatchik.—
Chang Che,
The New Yorker,
21 Dec. 2024
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The latest iteration of Venezuela’s long-running crisis began after the head of the National Electoral Council, a Maduro apparatchik, declared him the victor on July 29th, with fifty-one per cent of the vote to forty-four per cent for González.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
The New Yorker,
12 Sep. 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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Are you surrounded by individuals who drain your energy (i.e., leeches and loafers)?—
Glenn Llopis,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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The Moist mode removed air effectively without letting liquid leech too far toward the chamber.—
Adam Campbell-Schmitt,
Bon Appétit,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Company man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/company%20man. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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