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Recent Examples of cog
The Packers were hoping second-year man MarShawn Lloyd would be a key cog here.
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Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Robinson, the 2024 first-round pick out of Penn State, is bound to be a key cog in the Dolphins’ defensive front after a six-sack rookie campaign.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2025
But recent updates boost our confidence that the ambitious satellite internet initiative could soon be a new cog in the tech giant’s money-making machine.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2025
All season long, the bullpen has been a major flaw for the Phillies, and Alvarado was supposed to be a key cog preventing that from happening.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
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Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Robinson, the 2024 first-round pick out of Penn State, is bound to be a key cog in the Dolphins’ defensive front after a six-sack rookie campaign.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2025
But recent updates boost our confidence that the ambitious satellite internet initiative could soon be a new cog in the tech giant’s money-making machine.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2025
All season long, the bullpen has been a major flaw for the Phillies, and Alvarado was supposed to be a key cog preventing that from happening.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cog
Noun
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The Dia browser, a simpler option that allows people to chat with an AI assistant about multiple browser tabs at once, became available in beta in June.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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Though the pair eventually found employment—Kornfeind as a trade compliance specialist and Raines as an administrative assistant at their alma mater—these accounts of the gauntlet facing recent college graduates are far from unique.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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Participants would complete a physical fitness test, have their body fat measured, undergo a psychological evaluation, receive leadership evaluations from former peers and subordinates, and complete verbal and written communication assessments.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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The heat on Nestlé is shifting from its CEO, who was fired this week for having an undisclosed affair with a subordinate, to its board, whose initial, apparently cursory, investigation failed to uncover evidence that a later probe uncovered.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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When his underlings spew hate about the Golden State on Fox News and social media?—
Gustavo Arellano,
Mercury News,
22 Aug. 2025
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Recast versions of his Romulan underlings also appear on the bridge of his Bird of Prey.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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After my long flight home, I was relieved that the late-night visitor turned out to be nothing more than city workers on the job (and their job in this case, while surprising, didn't turn out to be too destructive).—
Alesandra Dubin,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Sep. 2025
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After California’s deal with Uber and Lyft, other states have moved forward with similar attempts to allow workers to unionize.—
Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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This past July, the conservative advocacy group America First Legal requested a federal investigation of the chain due to its alleged discrimination against white employees.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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In fact, several recent studies have found higher rates of skin cancers among airline employees and frequent travelers.—
Kristy Alpert,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Sep. 2025
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The best sequences allow for some building of suspense, like the fate of Gautama’s flunky while closing the family shop at night, or an episode when Tika is chased by her possessed mother in their house.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
6 Aug. 2025
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Tacoma is Seattle’s industrial flunky, the also-ran, the perennial embarrassment.—
Caroline Fraser
June 10,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2025
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The appointment of a ‘yes-man’ at the head of the Fed (Kevin Hassett fits this role much more than the other leading candidate Kevin Warsh), will likely spur resistance within the institution, and across the regional Fed banks whose presidents help to make up the rate setting committee.—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Unlike the broad and more public validation that social media provides from getting likes, one-on-one conversations with chatbots can feel more intimate and potentially more convincing — not unlike the yes-men who surround the most powerful tech bros.—
Parmy Olson,
Twin Cities,
23 July 2025
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Add retainer programs that renew.—
Lien De Pau,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Old Hamlet’s retainers acquired crumbling public housing estates turning out occupants enabling them to build showy apartments for cash buyers.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Cog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cog. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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