as in elder
the senior member of a group
the dean of the Aspen ski instructors oversaw the training of the rescue team
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Recent Examples of dean
Weil, a design expert and former dean at the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Institute of Design, had replaced Ido Bruno, who had guided the museum through the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Davis has since worked as a professor, a dean and a university president.
—Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 24 Mar. 2025
Another dean, Sinclair, took Lyle into an office to wait for Anderson, who still couldn’t be reached, according to the complaint.
—Jessica Seaman, The Denver Post, 21 Mar. 2025
Free marketeers will advise deans to cut whatever course can’t fill a giant lecture hall or lead to lucrative research grants.
—Lydia Kiesling, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
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Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Davis has since worked as a professor, a dean and a university president.
—Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 24 Mar. 2025
Another dean, Sinclair, took Lyle into an office to wait for Anderson, who still couldn’t be reached, according to the complaint.
—Jessica Seaman, The Denver Post, 21 Mar. 2025
Free marketeers will advise deans to cut whatever course can’t fill a giant lecture hall or lead to lucrative research grants.
—Lydia Kiesling, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dean
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This diminishing of the sandwich generation’s own financial security could have very far reaching effects, not only for their own retirement plans down the road but for their own children as well, the legacy of the family elders who need long term care.—
Carolyn Rosenblatt,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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The survey revealed Gen Z plans to embrace a more traditional mindset than their millennial elders in many ways.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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Air Force veteran Mark Mendon of Blue Springs, Missouri, showed up to lend his support to the Satanic Grotto’s cause.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
28 Mar. 2025
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Before the game, Padres president of baseball operations A.J. Preller said veteran pitcher Yu Darvish was progressing in playing catch, but there was no specific timetable for his return from elbow inflammation.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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The newcomers to their abode are Jerry, a hunky Mormon flight attendant (Bomer), and Arthur, a haughty fashion doyen recently fired from Vogue (Graham).—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2025
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The as-yet-untitled series will feature the two doyens of British comedy along with newer names like Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Lara Ricote, Stevie Martin, and Krystal Evans (all pictured).—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2025
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The Celtics’ elder statesmen are up for a pair of end-of-season NBA awards.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
2 Apr. 2025
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With Federer, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams retired and Andy Murray now on Djokovic’s coaching team, the Serbian great is the last remaining legend on tour and the sport’s elder statesman.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2025
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There is no way a state can begin to make up for the cuts to federal funding, the cuts that Donald Trump has made to education, to health care, food for kids, heating assistance for seniors.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 Apr. 2025
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Key insights for retirees These are essential items for some seniors, second only to food and shelter, said Yehuda Tropper, CEO of Beca Life Settlements, a company that assists in selling life insurance policies for cash.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Dean.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dean. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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