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Recent Examples of protagonist Beyond the Myth: The Untapped Leadership of Immigrant Women in AI While the tech industry loves to romanticize the immigrant founder, aka the scrappy outsider who comes to Silicon Valley and builds a unicorn—the star protagonists are rarely female. Gemma Allen, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025 As digitally dropped threats from an unknown predator grow increasingly sinister during the protagonist’s big date at a Chicago restaurant, the messages blast across the big screen in huge letters, or plaster an entire wall of the ladies’ restroom. Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025 Jang does spare young viewers the gore of the protagonist’s flagellation. Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025 What happens when the protagonist’s traits are withheld, undermined, and revised again and again? Emma Alpern, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for protagonist
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Noun
  • However, proponents believe navel pulling can offer all these benefits and enhance overall vitality.2 Much of this practice is rooted in Ayurveda, an alternative approach to medicine that has existed for thousands of years.
    Sherri Gordon, Health, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Musk and other autonomous vehicle proponents have pushed for simpler rules and exemptions to restrictions on vehicles that don’t have human controls.
    Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Foods That Will Keep You Full Without Spiking Your Blood Sugar Learn more about our advocates A Quick Review People with type 2 diabetes do not produce enough or resist insulin.
    Julia Ries, Health, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Sellner has been an outspoken advocate for the rights of mothers in Germany.
    Asif Burhan, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The good news for supporters of seven of the Premier League’s 20 clubs is that their lads will play for a trip to Wembley Stadium in next month’s FA Cup semi-finals at some point over the weekend.
    Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Dozens of Khalil supporters showed up at the New Jersey courtroom, necessitating an overflow room for those who wanted to watch the proceedings.
    Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • That would have given him more complicated Taylor approximations, with exponents greater than 2.
    Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Finding Wiggle Room There is no fast, general purpose method for finding the minima of functions raised to high exponents.
    Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • When his parents, in-laws or friends from out of town visited, this would lead the schedule.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2025
  • The green version will be available through a raffle, while an orange model is an exclusive for the brand’s collector club, The Tribe and friends.
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2025

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“Protagonist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/protagonist. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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