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coadjutor

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Recent Examples of coadjutor
Adjective
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. Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2024 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. Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 7 May 2024 Before he was consecrated bishop coadjutor, Bishop Spong served for 20 years as a priest in North Carolina and Virginia. Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2021 Curry, bishop coadjutor, currently assists retiring Bishop Sloan. al, 1 Dec. 2020 Curry will hold the title of bishop coadjutor, assisting retiring Bishop Kee Sloan, who steps down at the end of the year. al, 27 June 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 Whoever is elected will be ordained and consecrated as bishop coadjutor on June 27. Greg Garrison | Ggarrison@al.com, al, 2 Dec. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coadjutor
Noun
  • Although the Magic continue to make a push to hire Mavericks assistant God Shammgod away from Dallas, according to NBA reporter Marc Stein, Mosley wouldn’t reveal his cards Friday.
    Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2025
  • As reported in a 2021 Rolling Stone exposé, more than a dozen women came forward with allegations of abuse against Manson, real name Brian Warner, including Evan Rachel Wood, actress Esmé Bianco, model Ashley Morgan, and Warner’s former personal assistant, Ashley Walters.
    Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2025
Adjective
  • In her junior year of college, Nicole was raped in the parking lot of a bar.
    Mary Jane Gibson, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2025
  • Among them is Kevin Coleman Jr., a St. Louis native returning to his home state after a standout junior season at Mississippi State.
    Zach Sweet, Kansas City Star, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • At the time, there were an estimated 450 greater adjutant storks left in the region.
    Kyla Mandel, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025
  • In the months since fellow senior Legion executives suspended Abrahamson without pay from his statewide adjutant job in April, a number of the roughly 8,000 members in Idaho have called for a change in leadership.
    Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 13 July 2024
Noun
  • Husband's words crack nearly decade-old murder of missing nurse's aide Investigators said Edwards claimed to be an eyewitness who saw Aguilar walk away alive after a fight with Bravo in 2012.
    Doc Louallen, ABC News, 20 June 2025
  • Once the security check was complete, officials released the aide, whose identity is not publicly known.
    Mackenzie Thomas, The Washington Examiner, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Despite the warming relations between the two countries, the partnership’s weaknesses have been highlighted over the past week, with Russia failing to play a significant role in coming to Iran’s aid as crippling strikes from Israel batter it.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 19 June 2025
  • Zelenskyy said early this year that American aid accounts for 30% of Ukrainian weaponry.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • Born in Paris in 1879, Poiret started his career as an apprentice at fashion houses including Worth and Doucet, setting up his own in 1903.
    Miles Socha, Footwear News, 20 June 2025
  • President Trump’s goal of 1M apprentices is a good start, but not nearly enough.
    Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said on May 26, 2024 deputies responded to the business on the 7100 block of Rancho Mission Drive in the city's suburb of Bellaire, where a couple was staying with their 4-month-old child Brooklyn Fancher.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 25 June 2025
  • The teens either left or were escorted off the bus, according to deputies.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • The series starred Cumberbatch as titular master detective Sherlock Holmes and Freeman as his sidekick, Dr John Watson, and was based on the novels of Arthur Conan Doyle.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 24 June 2025
  • More big stories Newsom’s podcast sidekick: a single-use plastic water bottle.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2025

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“Coadjutor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coadjutor. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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