as in assistant
a person who helps a more skilled person
he was appointed coadjutor to the president
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Recent Examples of coadjutor
Dan Horn,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
By 1997, he was named coadjutor archbishop of Buenos Aires, assuming full leadership of the archdiocese the following year.
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Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
Coyne was named archbishop coadjutor on June 25, 2023.
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Ed Stannard,
Hartford Courant,
1 May 2024
Before he was consecrated bishop coadjutor, Bishop Spong served for 20 years as a priest in North Carolina and Virginia.
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Washington Post,
15 Sep. 2021
Curry, bishop coadjutor, currently assists retiring Bishop Sloan.
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al,
1 Dec. 2020
Anchorage’s former archbishop, Paul Etienne, was appointed to that position in 2016 and moved to Seattle in 2019 to serve as the coadjutor archbishop there.
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Tess Williams,
Anchorage Daily News,
20 May 2020
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Schnurr came to Cincinnati in 2008 as coadjutor archbishop and took over as archbishop about a year later, upon the retirement of former Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk.
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Dan Horn,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
By 1997, he was named coadjutor archbishop of Buenos Aires, assuming full leadership of the archdiocese the following year.
—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
Coyne was named archbishop coadjutor on June 25, 2023.
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Ed Stannard,
Hartford Courant,
1 May 2024
Before he was consecrated bishop coadjutor, Bishop Spong served for 20 years as a priest in North Carolina and Virginia.
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Washington Post,
15 Sep. 2021
Curry, bishop coadjutor, currently assists retiring Bishop Sloan.
—
al,
1 Dec. 2020
Anchorage’s former archbishop, Paul Etienne, was appointed to that position in 2016 and moved to Seattle in 2019 to serve as the coadjutor archbishop there.
—
Tess Williams,
Anchorage Daily News,
20 May 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coadjutor
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During the congressional hearing, Ranyan testified that the agency’s assistant secretary for security met with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department earlier in the year to pursue a contract for 24-hour patrol.
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Heat assistant coach Wayne Ellington will coach the team.
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Sela had a breakout junior season with 251 carries for 1,670 yards and 15 touchdowns.
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With junior competition concluded, all eyes turn to the senior event finals on Sunday, June 21.
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But that hasn’t stopped out-of-state reenactors from worrying their muskets will be confiscated at the George Washington Bridge, says Justin Costantino, adjutant of the Long Island Companies of the 3rd New York Regiment.
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At the time, there were an estimated 450 greater adjutant storks left in the region.
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The following year, as a deputy medical examiner, he was thrust into the spotlight after being tasked with performing the autopsy on screen icon Marilyn Monroe.
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The report quoted Kazem Gharibabadi, a deputy foreign minister leading the talks there, as saying the countries also formed a way to discuss ships moving through Hormuz.
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The former aide worked for the brothers from 2005 to 2013, before their estrangement.
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Aaron Sorkin came calling soon after, casting Hill as presidential aide Charlie Young on The West Wing, a role that earned him a Primetime Emmy nomination.
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Elmo Fire Department Elmo, an unincorporated community in Kaufman County, requested mutual aid from College Mound and Wills Point due to the number of vehicles involved and additional minor crashes in the eastbound lanes.
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After the crash, a civilian vessel in the area came to the aid of the three victims and transported them to Bridge Bay Marina.
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Kieran, his young apprentice, is learning fast.
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In 1811, The Nottingham Review newspaper recorded what's believed to be the first historical mention of the fictitious Ludd character, described as a framework knitting apprentice near Leicester.
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The third movie in the Despicable Me spin-off, sees the Minions land in the Golden Age of Hollywood, with a storyline led by new characters, James, an artistic Minion with dreams of becoming a director; his comedic sidekick and bestie Henry, and their mute companion Ed.
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Long-term, Burries has a non-zero chance to cement himself as Flagg’s sidekick if his flashes of on-ball creation become go-to parts of his arsenal.
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“Coadjutor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coadjutor. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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