cog

noun

Definition of cognext
as in assistant

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Recent Examples of cog Samsung is Club name Qnity's largest customer and an important cog in the overall semiconductor supply chain, so Wall Street will pay attention to these results. — Jeff Marks,morgan Chittum, CNBC, 6 July 2026 The app has become a quintessential cog in the dating machine—especially in those liminal stages, the flirtations and the breakups. — Annie Joy Williams, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026 That is up to a human using the tool, which makes the person behind each prompt a crucial cog in any workflow. — Jason Phillips, USA Today, 18 June 2026 The 49ers view Williams as a versatile cog in their defensive line machine, with the ability to set the edge in running situations and pass rush against guards on passing downs. — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 5 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for cog
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cog
  1. assistant
  2. subordinate
  3. underling
  4. worker
  5. employee
  6. flunky
  7. yes-man
  8. retainer
Noun
  • Cignetti, who worked as a Saban assistant from 2007 to 2010, clapped back.
    — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Ball, who collaborated with two camera operators and two assistants on Tucci in Italy, then designed shots as unobtrusive as possible so the contributors could feel comfortable.
    — Matthew Jacobs, HollywoodReporter, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of assistant
Noun
  • Impressive Humility with peers, and something else entirely with subordinates.
    — Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The subordinate sent a spreadsheet reporting that more than 500,000 work-orders in the MTA system at the time had been closed out despite having no indication the work had been done.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of subordinate
Noun
  • Rumors of relationships between executives and underlings went around on campus.
    — Claire Stapleton, New Yorker, 18 July 2026
  • France’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival gets underway this weekend with Illumination’s Minions & Monsters, the latest movie devoted to the mischievous army of yellow underlings first introduced in 2010 breakout Despicable Me.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 19 June 2026
Definition of underling
Noun
  • But that constant movement is also making Ebola harder to contain, complicating efforts to find infected people and trace those who may have been exposed, said Mari Ndika, an Ebola response worker involved in disease monitoring.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Entry-level workers feel more pressure The effects appear to be more pronounced for those looking to start their careers.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of worker
Noun
  • If a foreign state treated these law enforcement operations as armed conflict, the private sector employees running them would not be combatants under international law and would not have POW or other protections.
    — Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Fuller is nearly six months into the new position, created as Texas faces growing scrutiny over how school districts handle allegations involving teachers, coaches, and other school employees.
    — Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of employee
Noun
  • Yasmin, Tender’s briefly installed head of communications, is the first of Whitney’s flunkies to defect.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026
  • For instance, Bolsonaro’s flunkies penetrated the government agency that handled film distribution.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
Definition of flunky
Noun
  • Over the course of the past few years, Eugene Levy has slowly, and somewhat begrudgingly, turned into a yes-man.
    — Matthew Jacobs, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The first, Jim O’Neill, is a biotech entrepreneur who lacks a degree in medicine or public health and was widely seen as a yes-man for Kennedy.
    — Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
Definition of yes-man
Noun
  • This bootstrapped San Jose firm is profitable from day one, securing $20,000-$30,000 monthly retainers from small businesses.
    — Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • MouthPad is a touchpad that sits over the upper teeth like a slim dental retainer and is controlled with the tip of the tongue.
    — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of retainer

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