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Recent Examples of protégé
Renato Moicano Makhachev, a protege of ex-UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, (26-1) has compiled a 15-1 record with the UFC, racking up 10 finishes (seven submissions, three knockouts) and five decisions.
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Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Brown’s ability to recruit as a Kirby Smart protege leads me to believe this isn’t the ceiling.
—Manny Navarro, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
After winning the championship for a third time, Storm took Mariah May under her wing as her protege.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
The series spends a lot of time this season setting up Henry Muck’s web of influence — his newspaper-owning uncle Alexander, investor godfather Otto, and their Tory protege Aurore Adekunle — and inching him along the failson path toward government service.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
The commanding but soft-voiced executive was a 6-foot-4 former basketball player, White House insider, corporate lawyer and protege of New York governor and U.S. vice president Nelson Rockefeller.
—Stephen Galloway, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Dec. 2024
Karate Kid: Legends, which released its trailer Tuesday, follows protege Li Fong, played by Ben Wang, who moves to New York with his mother after being uprooted from his Beijing home.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2024
Surveying the misgivings of music-business predecessors, peers, and would-be proteges, Kendrick signs up for a season of being light on his feet and straight to the point.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
Russell will head into 2025 as a team leader for the first time when 18-year-old Mercedes protege Andrea Kimi Antonelli joins him.
—Luke Smith, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Brown’s ability to recruit as a Kirby Smart protege leads me to believe this isn’t the ceiling.
—Manny Navarro, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
After winning the championship for a third time, Storm took Mariah May under her wing as her protege.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
The series spends a lot of time this season setting up Henry Muck’s web of influence — his newspaper-owning uncle Alexander, investor godfather Otto, and their Tory protege Aurore Adekunle — and inching him along the failson path toward government service.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
The commanding but soft-voiced executive was a 6-foot-4 former basketball player, White House insider, corporate lawyer and protege of New York governor and U.S. vice president Nelson Rockefeller.
—Stephen Galloway, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Dec. 2024
Karate Kid: Legends, which released its trailer Tuesday, follows protege Li Fong, played by Ben Wang, who moves to New York with his mother after being uprooted from his Beijing home.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2024
Surveying the misgivings of music-business predecessors, peers, and would-be proteges, Kendrick signs up for a season of being light on his feet and straight to the point.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
Russell will head into 2025 as a team leader for the first time when 18-year-old Mercedes protege Andrea Kimi Antonelli joins him.
—Luke Smith, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for protégé
Noun
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My students’ shockingly simple solution had eluded legal thinkers.—
Peter L. Markowitz,
New York Daily News,
22 Jan. 2025
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Start a Scholarship Fund Funds for students who need financial help are a true gift for the recipient.—
Nancy LeBrun,
Verywell Health,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The four-time WNBA champion noted that Chicago Sky star Angel Reese attending the Met Gala in 2024 demonstrated the WNBA’s current and pivotal fashion moment.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
23 Jan. 2025
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In three short months, the Dodgers have gone from defending World Series champions to invincible.—
Bill Plaschke,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Andrew Taake, 36, was serving a 6-year sentence in a Colorado prison when President Donald Trump pardoned him and 1,500 other MAGA supporters for seizing the Capitol in protest of his 2020 election defeat.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
28 Jan. 2025
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Yoon was impeached and suspended from presidential duties over his actions and has been in detention since his Jan. 15 arrest following an hours-long standoff between law enforcement and the president's guard and supporters.—
Rebecca Falconer,
Axios,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Protégé.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prot%C3%A9g%C3%A9. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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