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a person (especially a man) who agrees with everything that someone says; a person who supports the opinions or ideas of someone else in order to earn that person's approval
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Recent Examples of yes-man
Imagine this group of hangers on and yes-men (and women) working with Trump on a national or international crisis.
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Frederic B. Hill, Baltimore Sun, 4 Dec. 2024
But if each of those assistants turns into a yes-man, then users run the risk of getting bad information because consensus will be reached too quickly.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2024
Ferguson slams Reichert over Trump Ferguson repeatedly attempted to paint Reichert as a yes-man to former President Trump, who won less than 40% of the vote in Washington state in both the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections.
—Melissa Santos, Axios, 11 Sep. 2024
Since virtually all members of the Russian political elite have been directly appointed to their posts by Putin or his cronies, the group represents not a genuine team but a board of yes-men.
—Vladislav Inozemtsev, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2011
The codependency with — and resentment of — various yes-men.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
The Larry David of the show is an irritable man with a wife (Cheryl Hines), who eventually leaves him, and a sidekick (Jeff Garlin), who is his manager and yes-man.
—Boris Kachka, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024
Now trying to make a comeback, Jocelyn is surrounded by yes-men and people who want to take advantage of her.
—Jasmine Li, Vulture, 31 May 2023
Still, running against Mr. Trump so directly will force Mr. Pence to confront the contradictions inherent in having served as the president’s yes-man for four years through the turmoil of the Trump administration.
—Shane Goldmacher, New York Times, 15 May 2023
Frederic B. Hill, Baltimore Sun, 4 Dec. 2024
But if each of those assistants turns into a yes-man, then users run the risk of getting bad information because consensus will be reached too quickly.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2024
Ferguson slams Reichert over Trump Ferguson repeatedly attempted to paint Reichert as a yes-man to former President Trump, who won less than 40% of the vote in Washington state in both the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections.
—Melissa Santos, Axios, 11 Sep. 2024
Since virtually all members of the Russian political elite have been directly appointed to their posts by Putin or his cronies, the group represents not a genuine team but a board of yes-men.
—Vladislav Inozemtsev, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2011
The codependency with — and resentment of — various yes-men.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
The Larry David of the show is an irritable man with a wife (Cheryl Hines), who eventually leaves him, and a sidekick (Jeff Garlin), who is his manager and yes-man.
—Boris Kachka, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024
Now trying to make a comeback, Jocelyn is surrounded by yes-men and people who want to take advantage of her.
—Jasmine Li, Vulture, 31 May 2023
Still, running against Mr. Trump so directly will force Mr. Pence to confront the contradictions inherent in having served as the president’s yes-man for four years through the turmoil of the Trump administration.
—Shane Goldmacher, New York Times, 15 May 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yes-man
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Not even the dynamic duos of Joy and Anxiety, Deadpool and Wolverine, Gru and his minions or Paul Atreides and those massive sandworms could push the 2024 box office to pre-pandemic heights.Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 2 Jan. 2025
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The Inflation Reduction Act set the United States on a new green industrial trajectory that even Trump and his minions will have trouble reversing.Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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Now the soldiers and horses have been rehearsing for months, with bands playing and cannons firing, to prepare them for the pomp and circumstance of a president’s funeral, said Maj. Wes Strickland, a spokesman for the Old Guard.John Bacon, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
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When the soldiers, instead of rising up, jeered at him, Mishima killed himself in the classic samurai fashion: performing hara-kiri, or seppuku (as the Japanese more commonly call it), by plunging a sword into his abdomen before a uniformed disciple sliced his head off.Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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Politics has a way of consuming its adherents and turning them into screaming Muppets without the entertainment value.Brenda Looper, arkansasonline.com, 25 Dec. 2024
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Better, like the Deep Adaptation adherents, to dedicate themselves to accepting their fate.Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 3 Dec. 2024
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Joseph Quinn and Fred Hechinger, under white powder and red eye shadow like Joker sycophants.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
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But that progress will be harder to forge if Trump follows through on his vow to mass fire civil servants and replace them with sycophants.Kenny Torrella, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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“Yes-man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yes-man. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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