protégé

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Recent Examples of protégé Loomer also called Noble a protege of James Clapper, who served as director of national intelligence in the Obama administration and has been deeply critical of Trump. Colin Meyn, The Hill, 4 Apr. 2025 This has been an area rife for activism with Icahn protege Keith Meister on the board of MGM, two activists in Penn Entertainment and two more activists in Entain with Eminence founder Ricky Sandler on the board. Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 22 Mar. 2025 The Braves in fact lost one of their key free agents, backup catcher Travis d'Arnaud, to the Angels — where Anthopoulos' protege´, Perry Minasian, is the general manager — shortly after the 2024 World Series concluded. Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025 Musk and his team of young proteges, which included members as young as 19 years old, set to work gaining access to extremely sensitive personal data of Americans, including Social Security and taxpayer info. Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025 Wilson’s somewhat familiar with Miami’s offense because of his three-year tenure as a starter with Jets, which ran a similar west coast scheme to what McDaniel runs based on his background as a Mike Shanahan protege. Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2025 Still, the governor’s criticism of Donalds is striking given the similarities between the two Trump proteges. Kirby Wilson, Sun Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2025 That is, until the driver of the No. 21 Cup car — and protege of Earnhardt Jr. — realized his friends were serious. Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2025 Jordan's on-screen debut occurred on June 27, 2023, during NXT: Gold Rush, where she was introduced as the protege of Dana Brooke. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for protégé
Noun
  • School of Style The same could perhaps now be said for Zendaya, who arrived at the Los Angeles headquarters of Law Roach’s School of Style–an online styling course that appointed the image architect as its professor in late 2024–to serve as an instructional aid for students.
    Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Just imagine how positive so many of Harvard’s alumni, partners, faculty, and current students must feel due to the position taken by the University.
    Dan Pontefract, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Arsenal took a 3-0 lead in their first match last Tuesday and will look to capitalize by knocking the reigning champions out.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
  • President Donald Trump speaks during a ceremony honoring the members of the 2024 World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers in the East Room at the White House.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Some supporters even lost the will to protest, feeling nothing will change.
    Rob Tanner, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
  • In a statement posted to X, Taylor congratulated Lee and acknowledged the impact of his supporters.
    Oumou Fofana, Essence, 21 Apr. 2025

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“Protégé.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prot%C3%A9g%C3%A9. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.

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