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as in patriarch
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as in manager
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Recent Examples of gaffer
This could be a great move for him T
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Julio sounds well-motivated by this move and already to have positive rapport with his new gaffer.
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Ali Rampling, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
For example, the gaffer, Thomas Garreau, really found a solution for this quarry shot.
—Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2024
Available for just a day, Ripley and his gaffer, Mathias Peralta, used their own bulbs in the room’s fixtures to allow Peters 360-degree filming.
—Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2024
What if the gaffer had the same assault happen as a child?
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2024
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Ali Rampling, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
For example, the gaffer, Thomas Garreau, really found a solution for this quarry shot.
—Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2024
Available for just a day, Ripley and his gaffer, Mathias Peralta, used their own bulbs in the room’s fixtures to allow Peters 360-degree filming.
—Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2024
What if the gaffer had the same assault happen as a child?
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gaffer
Noun
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Timothy Ratliff Timothy is the patriarch of the wealthy Ratliff gang who finds himself in legal trouble while on vacation.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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The play, deftly directed by Phylicia Rashad, chronicles a weekend with the Jaspers, a legendary family whose patriarch Solomon (Harry Lennix) was an icon of the Civil Rights Movement.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Even historically celebrated geniuses like Albert Einstein or Steve Jobs benefited immensely from working in fields that were fertile with change, ripe for disruption, and full of hard-working builders, makers, managers, and workers.—
Mark Nevins,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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McNeese has grabbed a number of headlines this week—not just for its upset and Wade’s employment future, but also thanks to the team’s student manager, Amir Khan, who went viral on social media and is now signing NIL deals.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The boss man certainly has a soft spot for the graybeard – and Whitworth literally has a graying beard – who's been so exceptional over the years while protecting quarterbacks Jared Goff and Matthew Stafford, which is only a small part of what he's meant to the Rams.—
Nate Davis,
USA TODAY,
9 Feb. 2022
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Immediately, four dogs bound out of a modest pine log cabin, barking their fool heads off; there's George, a fluffy Newfoundland with a graybeard's tired face; Bunny, an Old English sheepdog; and Shih Tzus Clementine and Bear, the latter of whom cannot and will not be befriended.—
Ashlea Halpern,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Sep. 2021
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The France skipper produced an anonymous performance in France’s 3-1 home defeat against Italy and proved similarly ineffective in a substitute appearance against Belgium three days later.—
Tom Williams,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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The Angels' 72-year-old skipper has no problem with his players using technology as ubiquitous as a cell phone — just not in the clubhouse.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
19 Mar. 2025
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From Matt Damon’s anxious pickpocket to Carl Reiner’s old-timer master of disguise, each member of the gang is unforgettable in their own way, and the precision with which Soderbergh arranges them during the big heist is hugely satisfying every time.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
14 Mar. 2025
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Beatty and others instead relied on architectural consultants and old-timers' memories.—
Tyler Buchanan,
Axios,
27 Feb. 2025
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Bass is the sole challenger to Jordan, who was first elected Rich Township supervisor in 2021, in the April 1 election.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
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County supervisors bought into his ongoing call for a total transformation of the local mental health care system, shifting toward crisis centers at a time when many in the community were calling for the immediate construction of new locked units attached to major medical centers.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Folks back in the day had Yoda as their feisty oldster and the kids now have Maz. 36.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
24 May 2023
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The Duke is the true tale of an eccentric oldster who, in 1961, stole a Francisco Goya painting of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.—
Dallas News,
Dallas News,
28 Apr. 2022
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News of Salke’s departure comes a month after Amazon MGM Studios gained creative control over the iconic James Bond franchise from longtime stewards Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2025
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Of course taxes and finances are at the heart of most municipal elections, and voters’ first task really is to ascertain who among their choices will be the best stewards of public funds.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Gaffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaffer. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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