as in assistant
a person who helps a more skilled person
the drug lord has a pair of brutal lieutenants who do most of his dirty work for him
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Recent Examples of lieutenant
The Times reported in September that the company, now called Meta, had fewer full-time employees working on election integrity and that Zuckerberg was no longer having weekly meetings with the lieutenants in charge of them.
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Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
Now that the corrupt Lieutenant Noonan has been caught and dismissed, Captain Wagner needs a new administrative lieutenant and finds his man in Lieutenant Connor (Daniel K. Isaac).
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2024
Teeple is a lieutenant with the Pinal County Sheriff's Office and a veteran of the U.S. Navy.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
Ryan Salame, another former top lieutenant of Bankman-Fried, was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison in May.
—Mackenzie Sigalos,dawn Giel, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2024
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Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
Now that the corrupt Lieutenant Noonan has been caught and dismissed, Captain Wagner needs a new administrative lieutenant and finds his man in Lieutenant Connor (Daniel K. Isaac).
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2024
Teeple is a lieutenant with the Pinal County Sheriff's Office and a veteran of the U.S. Navy.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
Ryan Salame, another former top lieutenant of Bankman-Fried, was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison in May.
—Mackenzie Sigalos,dawn Giel, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lieutenant
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Lead assistant coach David Adelman took on head coaching duties for the Nuggets in New Orleans, where the court was painted blue for their first NBA Cup game.Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
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The new system lets users ask questions about NASA’s satellite data in plain English, similar to chatting with a virtual assistant.Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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In the months since fellow senior Legion executives suspended Abrahamson without pay from his statewide adjutant job in April, a number of the roughly 8,000 members in Idaho have called for a change in leadership.Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 13 July 2024
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Since 2019, when Woodward took over as the Gooding adjutant, that totals more than $23,000, according to an accounting obtained by the Statesman from the county clerk through a public records request.Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 13 July 2024
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Those who leave child care have gone on to work as elementary or middle school teachers, teacher's assistants, nurses, home health aides, or even cashiers, the MTF wrote, citing a recent Rappaport Institute report.Steph Solis, Axios, 19 Nov. 2024
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While it was not immediately known who could run to replace Barnes, one name being mentioned by some is former state Sen. Curtis Hertel Jr., who was an aide to Whitmer and lost a race to fill Slotkin's U.S. House seat last week to former state Sen. Tom Barrett, R-Charlotte.Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2024
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Trump also named Jim O'Neill to serve as deputy secretary of the Health and Human Services under Kennedy.Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
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Before sheriff’s deputies found his body on Thanksgiving morning last year, shot to death in a desolate stretch of warehouses and pallet yards west of Compton, Eduardo Escobedo Sr. had become rich beyond his dreams.Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
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The next night, those same ensigns ordered an apprentice to take the watchful pedometer and shake it while the night watchmen took their normal rest.Jacqueline D. Wernimont, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
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Most technicians hired at TSMC won't go through the apprentice program.Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
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But these tools didn't get the full picture and were more like functional aids than strategic assets.Ron Cameron, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Despite his short tenure in the Senate, Vance became known as one of the chamber's leading critics of additional federal aid for Ukraine, arguing the effort mirrored misguided support for the War in Iraq.Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Lieutenant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lieutenant. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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