How to Use dean in a Sentence

dean

noun

• She's the dean of the university's business school.
• The letter was sent to more than 20 top law school deans.
  — Erin Mulvaney, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2023
• However, the dean abuses the substance as a drug, rather than to treat pain.
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
• And the dean of students, who was in that meeting as well, concluded that the boy did not present a threat to the school.
  — Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 12 Mar. 2024
• Nesbitt has been the interim dean since the end of the spring semester.
  — The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 16 Aug. 2023
• From there, the cathedral’s dean will lead them on an exclusive tour of the building.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
• Danielle Lauria joined the college as the new dean of nursing, health and wellness.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2023
• During the 10-minute service, the cathedral’s dean, the sub-dean, and the reverend canon led prayers for the royal couple.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Sep. 2023
• Whitmire assumed office in 1983 and is serving as the dean of the Texas Senate.
  — Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2023
• The student then assaulted the dean, the police spokesperson said.
  — Jacob Factor, The Denver Post, 8 Feb. 2024
• There is also the Bill Belichick factor, the dean of all coaches still calling the shots in New England.
  — Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 9 Sep. 2023
• She was promoted to dean in July 2003, the first woman to hold the position.
  — Zach Everson, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
• The same day, the dean of the law school, Troy A. McKenzie, repudiated the student’s remarks.
  — Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2023
• The week before the big dance, Vivian was in biology class dissecting a pig when the dean called her out of class.
  — Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 31 May 2023
• Madeline Ashby was named to the school’s president’s list, and Kaitlin Ashby its dean’s list.
  — cleveland, 6 Aug. 2023
• Gay endorsed this as free speech, a hoot since Harvard, during her reign as the dean, seemed to enjoy crushing free speech.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 11 Jan. 2024
• This demands a response at the schools and beyond, and some good news on that score arrived this week in a letter from leading law firms to the deans of U.S. law schools.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2023
• The school disbanded the program in early 2023 when the dean who created it left Virginia Tech and told the Supreme Court it would not be revived.
  — Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024
• Kelley Weiss, the law school’s head of marketing and communications, wrote to the dean.
  — Brian Slodysko and Eric Tucker, Anchorage Daily News, 11 July 2023
• At 231 Mysterium Way, the pizza is fatal, the bus is powered by gerbils and the dean of students is a hermit crab.
  — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
• At 231 Mysterium Way, the pizza is fatal, the bus is powered by gerbils, and the dean of students is a hermit crab.
  — Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2024
• While at Ursuline College, De Vinne also served as a dean.
  — cleveland, 19 Sep. 2023
• The Oxford High dean of students had testified that the shooter altered the drawing in an effort to stay out of trouble.
  — Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 2 Feb. 2024
• Seth is on the dean’s list and is studying physics, while Tate is majoring in business administration and plays on the golf team.
  — Cathy Free, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
• The deans confronted and stayed with the student in the building, and continued to watch when the student left the building until police were able to make an arrest.
  — Pioneer Press Staff, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2023
• An associate dean, along with a handful of students, heckled the judge during his remarks.
  — Megan Myers, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2023
• Wandering the building’s hallways, a proud dean told Harvard Magazine, is a six-mile walk.
  — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2023
• Since then, the school has been led on an interim basis by Papadopoulos, dean of USC’s pharmacy school.
  — Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023
• Marilyn Flynn, the former dean of USC’s social work program who pleaded guilty to bribery, is scheduled to be sentenced the same day.
  — Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
• Finally, on March 22, the dean, Jenny S. Martinez, released a lawyerly 10-page memo that rebuked the activists.
  — Vimal Patel, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024