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
Two of the lawsuits were filed by the deans injured in the East High shooting.
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Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025
Instead, the dean worries about how the situation will come off to the rest of the academic community.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
Alma, now a university dean, is sitting in a diner, where Maggie joins her for a short conversation.
—Gerrad Hall, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
Now that Shetty is gone, there’s this other person who is a dad age, the dean — someone who is, allegedly, supposed to look out for the students.
—Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
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Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025
Instead, the dean worries about how the situation will come off to the rest of the academic community.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
Alma, now a university dean, is sitting in a diner, where Maggie joins her for a short conversation.
—Gerrad Hall, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
Now that Shetty is gone, there’s this other person who is a dad age, the dean — someone who is, allegedly, supposed to look out for the students.
—Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dean
Noun
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The Hindu elders of the village declare the baby is Hindu based on unverified claims regarding Pagli’s religion and are incensed by Hamida’s intervention.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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The bride is anxious too, since in her South Asian culture, standing up to her elders like that is considered a generally bad thing to do and creates longterm family tension.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Anyone who doesn’t hold the same nostalgic hankering for veteran actresses holding court with one-woman shows might not be blamed for opting out.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
2 Nov. 2025
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He was released after a few weeks in jail when filmmaker Jen Gatien pledged her $2 million Manhattan apartment where the combat veteran was living as collateral for a bond.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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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
Noun
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Valagussa said the parish was already cooking lunch regularly for about 60 seniors, pregnant women and others in need but had no resources to provide food to more people, unless more donations poured in.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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The state also has a map of resources, including categories for home delivered meals and food for seniors.—
Marissa Meador,
IndyStar,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Dean.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dean. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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