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as in leader
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Recent Examples of figurehead
When this is done right, the founder still becomes the figurehead.
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Jessica Billingsley, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2025
Disturbed has been a dominant figurehead in hard rock for decades, regularly sending albums and singles up the Billboard charts.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
These legislative actions poised Attorney General Rob Bonta to become a begrudging figurehead of the resistance.
—Jenavieve Hatch, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2025
The Kennedy Center’s prior chairs have not been figureheads.
—E. Andrew Taylor, The Conversation, 17 Feb. 2025
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Jessica Billingsley, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2025
Disturbed has been a dominant figurehead in hard rock for decades, regularly sending albums and singles up the Billboard charts.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
These legislative actions poised Attorney General Rob Bonta to become a begrudging figurehead of the resistance.
—Jenavieve Hatch, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2025
The Kennedy Center’s prior chairs have not been figureheads.
—E. Andrew Taylor, The Conversation, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for figurehead
Noun
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So the only way to make a movie like this was to plan as much as possible and know which shot is a puppet, which shot is VFX and which shot is hybrid.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Mar. 2025
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Henson, a home economics major, invented Kermit by building the original frog puppet out of one of his mother's coats and a ping-pong ball cut in half, UMD said.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The Olympic Journey: Failure In 2008 Elana had finished an outstanding college softball career at GWU as the all-time leader in many offensive categories.—
Tim Genske,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Trump funding freeze a blatant violation of Constitution, federal law: Legal experts Pildes added that public opinion can be expressed through economics, which federal leaders watch attentively.—
Ivan Pereira,
ABC News,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Unfortunately, last April’s total solar eclipse was a bust for me, and the U.K.’s weather tends to be uncooperative for celestial events, often hiding them behind thick clouds.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Alas, Benintendi has been a bust with Chicago, hitting .246/.309/.374 in two seasons as the team lost 222 games.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Each boat has a crew of five members, consisting of a helmsman, wing-trimmer, flight controller and two grinders.—
Jane Tyska,
Mercury News,
24 Mar. 2025
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From there, Grimes also came aboard The Orville as the ship’s helmsman.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
12 Jan. 2024
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Celebrate World Puppetry Day: Make your own silly bird marionette.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Mar. 2025
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Three of the figures were made of fine clay and had adjustable heads with holes in them that may have been controlled using a string, much like a marionette puppet.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Karl recalled that about forty minutes later, the chief called back with bad news.—
Tammy Ljungblad,
Kansas City Star,
21 Mar. 2025
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Those were the cultural concepts that Harvey Pratt, a chief of the tribe, drew on to design the Native American Veterans Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Vigil and other women will receive dolls created by students in Manuel Jara Elementary School David Orona’s art class to represent the women’s strengths on April 5 at the Northside Community Center.—
Richard J. Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Mar. 2025
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Did a kid eat a battery somewhere and now I'm forced to use a power drill to disassemble a $10 talking Frozen doll?—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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The Mouse House has a new captain steering its ship in Japan.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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The former captain excels at hunting pucks, which is an important part of goal-line duty.—
Fluto Shinzawa,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Figurehead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/figurehead. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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