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Recent Examples of adjutant Whereas until recently political elites had a degree of decision-making power, the war has made them into the executors of Putin’s will, mere adjutants to the generalissimo. Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2024 His first innovation, suggested by the director and Factory adjutant Paul Morrissey, was to add the German chanteuse Nico to the Velvets’ lineup. Jeremy Lybarger, The New Republic, 17 Oct. 2023 In postwar court documents he is referred to as Arājs’s adjutant. Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 20 July 2023 Born May 13, 1930, in Springfield, Massachusetts, Gravel served in the US Army as an adjutant in the Communications Intelligence Service in Germany and a special agent in the Counter Intelligence Corps in France from 1951 to 1954, according to a biography on his website. Chandelis Duster, CNN, 27 June 2021 See All Example Sentences for adjutant
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Noun
  • More than 200 volunteer dentists, hygienists, and dental assistants, backed by the nonprofit TeamSmile organization and the Chiefs, provided free dental care Tuesday to 300 children from Kansas City-area schools.
    Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
  • These failures occurred when the AI models confabulated successful operations and built subsequent actions on false premises, highlighting the risks of depending on AI assistants that can misinterpret file structures or fabricate data to hide their errors.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Lines of communication appeared to reopen when Prince Harry's new aides and one of the King's key staffers met for the first time in July.
    Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The outlet also reported that Harry’s aides had a private meeting with the king’s communications secretary in London.
    Emily Trainham , Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In February, Fitzsimmons became the first female to reach the rank of deputy chief in the fire department’s 160-year history.
    Zoya Hasan, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • According to a declaration filed by Roxana Avila-Cimpeanu, deputy director of the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project, a number of Honduran children have been questioned by Department of Homeland Security officials.
    Laura Romero, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Managers worry that apprentices may miss the chance to learn institutional best practices with each project outsourced.
    Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Ritter says the company starts to see a return on investment in its apprentices by Year 3.
    Andy Tonsing, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Contestants cannot receive any outside aid whatsoever.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Glycerin helps maintain balance, so skin feels clarified, not stripped, while lecithin aids in dissolving debris, and myrtle leaf water provides an antioxidant boost.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Unlike the last two prime ministers, Lecornu has been a loyal lieutenant at the center of the president’s project in government, Lazar said.
    Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The implication is that Walsingham, or one of his lieutenants, trained Marlowe to play with fire and, in the process, put fire in the belly of the plays.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Adjutant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adjutant. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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