as in assistants
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 lieutenants
An expensive proposition Experts say the UnitedHealthcare killing made clear that the security blanket that protects many top CEOs should be extended to their lieutenants.
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Matt Egan, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Taft’s lieutenants undertook their task with zeal, especially in the State Department.
—Laura Ellyn Smith / Made By History, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
Given its small size in Berkshire’s massive portfolio — cash holdings alone top $300 billion — Buffett’s investing lieutenants Ted Weschler and Todd Combs may be behind the investment.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 24 Nov. 2024
Although she’s largely declined to engage personally in environmental and climate policy — leaving that work to her lieutenants — water is an issue of supreme importance to her millions of constituents.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
That included helping two of Madigan’s top lieutenants in the House — Edward Acevedo and Luis Arroyo — fight off challenges to their reelection paperwork.
—Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2024
Even the glitzy bars, exclusive car dealerships and plastic surgery boutiques catering to cartel lieutenants and their entourages are mostly closed.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2024
During Tenney’s four-year stint as executive producer and showrunner of the romantic drama, Robertson, who served as consulting producer, co-executive producer and executive producer, was one of her top lieutenants.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2024
How a lack of resources affects responses The Navajo Nation Police Department employs 171 officers, including commanders, sergeants and lieutenants, and there are about 350 schools on the Navajo Nation that authorities are in charge of protecting.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
Matt Egan, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Taft’s lieutenants undertook their task with zeal, especially in the State Department.
—Laura Ellyn Smith / Made By History, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
Given its small size in Berkshire’s massive portfolio — cash holdings alone top $300 billion — Buffett’s investing lieutenants Ted Weschler and Todd Combs may be behind the investment.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 24 Nov. 2024
Although she’s largely declined to engage personally in environmental and climate policy — leaving that work to her lieutenants — water is an issue of supreme importance to her millions of constituents.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
That included helping two of Madigan’s top lieutenants in the House — Edward Acevedo and Luis Arroyo — fight off challenges to their reelection paperwork.
—Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2024
Even the glitzy bars, exclusive car dealerships and plastic surgery boutiques catering to cartel lieutenants and their entourages are mostly closed.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2024
During Tenney’s four-year stint as executive producer and showrunner of the romantic drama, Robertson, who served as consulting producer, co-executive producer and executive producer, was one of her top lieutenants.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2024
How a lack of resources affects responses The Navajo Nation Police Department employs 171 officers, including commanders, sergeants and lieutenants, and there are about 350 schools on the Navajo Nation that authorities are in charge of protecting.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
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