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Recent Examples of standard-bearer
The fact that Whitmer, a possible future national standard-bearer for the Democratic Party, sided with big restaurant corporations and the Chamber of Commerce to sign the wage and sick leave roll-back is shocking.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Center back: George Campbell, CF Montréal At this point, Colorado and Montréal have become the standard-bearers of taking underdeveloped players off of MLS rivals and giving them a better chance at regular minutes.
—Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
China’s reticence to serve as the standard-bearer for Pyongyang is not new.
—Sergey Radchenko, Foreign Affairs, 18 Feb. 2025
Geno’s Huskies were the standard-bearers of the sport, with a four-peat from 2012-16 and 11 championships since 1995.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Center back: George Campbell, CF Montréal At this point, Colorado and Montréal have become the standard-bearers of taking underdeveloped players off of MLS rivals and giving them a better chance at regular minutes.
—Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
China’s reticence to serve as the standard-bearer for Pyongyang is not new.
—Sergey Radchenko, Foreign Affairs, 18 Feb. 2025
Geno’s Huskies were the standard-bearers of the sport, with a four-peat from 2012-16 and 11 championships since 1995.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for standard-bearer
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The Olympic Journey: Failure In 2008 Elana had finished an outstanding college softball career at GWU as the all-time leader in many offensive categories.—
Tim Genske,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Tribal leaders in Sonoma County and the Great Plains say that their facilities—and those of other tribes—are not open overnight.—
Solcyré Burga,
TIME,
21 Mar. 2025
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As detectives investigated the Instagram account, a middle school principal reported to Albuquerque Public Schools police that a student reported the same video of the crash.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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What People Are Saying Bo Albertus, a Danish school principal and administrator of the Facebook boycott group, said he was compelled to act after Trump's threats toward Greenland.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
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The contract also maintains its unusual provision allowing Sanders to disclose any athletically related outside income to his superiors verbally, thus enabling him to follow NCAA bylaws while ensuring that no public paper trail is created for these earnings.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Your career trajectory could change after seeking advice from one of your superiors.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Sam Sabin Mar 13, 2025 - Politics & Policy Elon Musk pays a visit to the National Security Agency Elon Musk visited the National Security Agency on Wednesday and met with NSA chief Gen. Timothy Haugh, an agency spokesperson confirmed to Axios.—
Rebecca Falconer,
Axios,
21 Mar. 2025
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Current Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar will serve in the role until April 10, but that could change depending on when a replacement for him is found.—
Rachel Wolf,
Fox News,
21 Mar. 2025
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Even historically celebrated geniuses like Albert Einstein or Steve Jobs benefited immensely from working in fields that were fertile with change, ripe for disruption, and full of hard-working builders, makers, managers, and workers.—
Mark Nevins,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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Most significant, though, was the presence of Egil Olsen, a manager derided as a dinosaur at the time but who looks, in hindsight, an awful lot like a pioneer.—
Rory Smith,
The Athletic,
22 Mar. 2025
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Last year, the state passed a law allowing parents, guardians or school superintendents to waive the 30-hour work week limit for 16- and 17-year-olds during the school year.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Richly paid superintendents often retire with multimillion-dollar lifetime pension benefits.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
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News of Salke’s departure comes a month after Amazon MGM Studios gained creative control over the iconic James Bond franchise from longtime stewards Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2025
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Of course taxes and finances are at the heart of most municipal elections, and voters’ first task really is to ascertain who among their choices will be the best stewards of public funds.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2025
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Sometime late Monday or early Tuesday, the Trump portrait by Colorado Springs artist Sarah Boardman was removed and put in storage with History Colorado, overseer of a state museum in Denver.—
Mead Gruver,
The Denver Post,
25 Mar. 2025
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Old states break up, new ones form, independence from historical overseers is sought.—
Nick Miller,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Standard-bearer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/standard-bearer. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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