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Recent Examples of advisee
In 2021 Harvard barred Nowak from accepting new student advisees or serving as principal investigator on new grants or contracts, following an investigation of his program’s funding by Epstein.
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Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2026
Our inference is that what’s going on is that the craft of research is being transferred from the adviser to the advisee.
—Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 4 Feb. 2026
The project, which Marty directed with his onetime advisee R. Scott Appleby, examined the role of conservative religious movements in societies around the world.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Of course, this takes for granted that what the advisee wants is to act virtuously.
—Merve Emre, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Yes, Grimes is notoriously awful to his students, but Alice figures that’s a price worth paying, and persists in her plan even when Peter Murdoch, Grimes’s other advisee and Alice’s rival, insists on coming along.
—The Atlantic, 15 May 2025
Another time, someone else’s graduate advisee kept Lilian in her office for three-quarters of an hour with a monologue, during which Lilian did not say a single word.
—Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
Other top-tier advisees include Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino and Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw.
—Mark Ellwood, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2024
Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2026
Our inference is that what’s going on is that the craft of research is being transferred from the adviser to the advisee.
—Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 4 Feb. 2026
The project, which Marty directed with his onetime advisee R. Scott Appleby, examined the role of conservative religious movements in societies around the world.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Of course, this takes for granted that what the advisee wants is to act virtuously.
—Merve Emre, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Yes, Grimes is notoriously awful to his students, but Alice figures that’s a price worth paying, and persists in her plan even when Peter Murdoch, Grimes’s other advisee and Alice’s rival, insists on coming along.
—The Atlantic, 15 May 2025
Another time, someone else’s graduate advisee kept Lilian in her office for three-quarters of an hour with a monologue, during which Lilian did not say a single word.
—Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
Other top-tier advisees include Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino and Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw.
—Mark Ellwood, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for advisee
client
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Nelson said his client, now cleared by a jury, continues to hope for justice for his wife more than 11 years later.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Feb. 2026
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The eight-player leadership council known as the executive subcommittee, which counted five Boras clients, voted unanimously against the deal.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Advisee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/advisee. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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