as in elder
the senior member of a group
the dean of the Aspen ski instructors oversaw the training of the rescue team
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Recent Examples of dean
Munson is organist at First United Methodist Church of Escondido, adjunct professor of music at Palomar College and dean of the Palomar Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.
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Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
Parlow, a Los Angeles native and Yale-educated lawyer, previously served as the university’s law school dean and chief fundraiser.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 11 Oct. 2025
Among them is Su Jionglong, deputy dean of the School of AI and Advanced Computing at Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University, who studies how the technology can help reduce discrimination, provide emotional support, and enable faster medical diagnoses.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2025
Aleksandar Tomic, an economist and associate dean for strategy, innovation, and technology at Boston College, said prediction markets like Polymarket have existed before.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
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Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
Parlow, a Los Angeles native and Yale-educated lawyer, previously served as the university’s law school dean and chief fundraiser.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 11 Oct. 2025
Among them is Su Jionglong, deputy dean of the School of AI and Advanced Computing at Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University, who studies how the technology can help reduce discrimination, provide emotional support, and enable faster medical diagnoses.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2025
Aleksandar Tomic, an economist and associate dean for strategy, innovation, and technology at Boston College, said prediction markets like Polymarket have existed before.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dean
Noun
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An elder-care assistant needs a verifiable history of respectful, competent service.—
Jan Liphardt,
Fortune,
14 Oct. 2025
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In fact, that process may be the most important legacy elder generations leave behind.—
Christina Binkley,
Robb Report,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Two reps later, Nix saw blitz and — with a veteran’s cool — checked into a quick-hit to Evan Engram, who sped for 20 yards.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
20 Oct. 2025
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The 40-year-old NBA veteran is reportedly expected to make his return sometime in November.—
Matt Audilet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Oct. 2025
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Sorkin, Kernen and Quick have been anchoring the show together for the last 14 years, with Kernen serving as the doyen of the group, going to back to its 1995 debut.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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My first tax boss was Stephen Land, a doyen of the international tax bar in New York, now retired.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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An elder statesman in the field of neuroplasticity, Merzenich and two other scientists received the prestigious Kavli Award in Neuroscience in 2016 for their groundbreaking discoveries that the adult brain could change, adapt and create new neural connections throughout life.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
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On a day when the last remaining Israeli hostages returned home after two years in captivity, and both Israelis and Palestinians celebrated the end of the Israel-Hamas war, many of America's elder statesmen and stateswomen kept mum.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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Former councilman Bryan Calvo, also a mayoral candidate, has vowed to eliminate property taxes for seniors, a decision that isn’t up to Hialeah but to the state, something that his competitor said is misleading.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
17 Oct. 2025
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America’s seniors aren't immune to the ongoing opioid epidemic.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Dean.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dean. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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