as in assistant
a person who helps a more skilled person
the drug lord has a pair of brutal lieutenants who do most of his dirty work for him
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Recent Examples of lieutenant
In order to reach him, messages had to be relayed by his lieutenants, who went on twice-weekly walks with him.
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Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Part of the Arlington team’s training also included being able to recognize patients with religious beliefs that prohibit receiving blood transfusions, like Jehovah’s Witnesses, said EMS lieutenant Jason Adams.
—Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2025
The teens sprang to action before two lifeguards from the neighboring Aliso Beach tower and a Marine Safety lieutenant arrived.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
In the moment that summarizes one of Good News’ thematic throughlines, Nobody is speaking to Seo Go-myung (Weak Hero Class 1’s Hong Kyung), an ambitious Air Force lieutenant who is as close to an audience surrogate as Good News gets.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
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Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Part of the Arlington team’s training also included being able to recognize patients with religious beliefs that prohibit receiving blood transfusions, like Jehovah’s Witnesses, said EMS lieutenant Jason Adams.
—Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2025
The teens sprang to action before two lifeguards from the neighboring Aliso Beach tower and a Marine Safety lieutenant arrived.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
In the moment that summarizes one of Good News’ thematic throughlines, Nobody is speaking to Seo Go-myung (Weak Hero Class 1’s Hong Kyung), an ambitious Air Force lieutenant who is as close to an audience surrogate as Good News gets.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lieutenant
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Angela Bettis gives one of the best horror performances of the decade as the title character, a deeply lonely veterinary assistant and amateur taxidermist with a lazy eye and no friends, who loses her already tenuous grip on reality after experiencing one too many romantic rejections.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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The teaching assistant was seated on the floor with a luggage strap looped around her neck and tied to a closet doorknob.—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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At the time, there were an estimated 450 greater adjutant storks left in the region.—
Kyla Mandel,
TIME,
20 Feb. 2025
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Since 2019, when Woodward took over as the Gooding adjutant, that totals more than $23,000, according to an accounting obtained by the Statesman from the county clerk through a public records request.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
13 July 2024
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That means no Meghan, no aides, and zero chance of it ending up as content for a documentary or book.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
27 Oct. 2025
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The contraceptives are mostly long-lasting types of birth control, such as intrauterine devices (IUDs), a US congressional aide told CNN.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
26 Oct. 2025
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Walter Gino Antonio became the final victim Antonio, 61, a security guard and Brevard County reserve deputy, was found along a remote Dixie County road wearing only socks.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Authorities have confirmed a man fatally stabbed last week was the husband of the woman that Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested on suspicion of his killing.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
29 Oct. 2025
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Related Articles The fashion coffee table book‘s 406 pages take readers on a journey, starting at the time when Louis Vuitton left his hometown of Jura, France and ventured to Paris, becoming a trunk maker’s apprentice.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Fire Cadet program, which is offered through the City of Milwaukee, is a two-year apprentice-style program for youth ages 17 to 19.—
Cathy Kozlowicz,
jsonline.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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The changes arrived as more ranching operations close around the country, though some cattle growers say the president should also end aid to foreign beef producers.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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A lot of the new arrivals are already badly malnourished, as aid provision has largely been cut off for their homes in northern Rakhine – where the military has been accused of using hunger as a weapon of war.—
Rebecca Wright,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Lieutenant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lieutenant. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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