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cogs

noun

plural of cog

as in underlings

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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 underlings

Noun

Should Microsoft be successful in implementing its strategy, that distinction, in that paradigm will prove more important than benchmark comparisons between competing coding assistants.

— Francis Sideco, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Durde has gotten praise from players and his coaching colleagues for his expertise in head coach Mike Macdonald’s system, his collaborative attitude and his teaching and communication skills with players and other assistants.

— Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 21 July 2026

Definition of assistants

Noun

Mayor Dean Trantalis, Commissioner Steven Glassman and Commissioner John Herbst took issue with her leadership, accusing her of being dismissive to subordinates and ruffling too many feathers.

— Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
Put simply, the theory says the president should be able to issue orders to subordinates and to fire them at will.

— Graham G. Dodds, The Conversation, 30 June 2026

Definition of subordinates

Noun

Terry Yost, a safety coordinator for Western Trailers, told the Statesman that Concentra has been a great partner for years, and the business is happy to have this resource for its Idaho employees now.

— Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 23 July 2026
County employees and those familiar with the property tax situation in Jackson County have previously warned that the class action lawsuit could be disastrous for county finances without a settlement.

— Ilana Arougheti July 23, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026

Definition of employees

Noun

High-profile right-wing accounts that previously served as yes-men for Musk—such as Ian Miles Cheong, a Malaysian who purportedly lives in the United Arab Emirates and posts incessant, racist drivel about American politics—have melted down over the platform’s decision to dox users.

— Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 24 Nov. 2025
Is her team currently full of yes-men high on her supply?

— Bianca Davino, Refinery29, 7 Oct. 2025

Definition of yes-men

Noun

Two laborers were able to escape after the blast, according to the Associated Press, which cited unnamed officials.

— Rebecca Schneid, Time, 21 July 2026
Unfortunately, during the early to mid-twentieth century, negative perceptions of immigrant and ethnic laborers led many outsiders to view their neighborhoods as unsafe, unclean, and detrimental to the social fabric of American cities.

— Michelle Oliva-Espinosa, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026

Definition of laborers

Noun

In impoverished Nepal, where a conservative culture leaves openly transgender people with few legal job options, the impact on aid workers’ lives was particularly crushing.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
After 60 years, the resulting dataset, which covers tens of millions of American workers and has allowed researchers and regulators to examine workplace representation over decades, may now be coming to an end.

— Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of workers

Noun

McNeeley had the ball in his hands a lot, and that was by design.

— Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
And in the coming years, humanoid robots with dexterous hands will automate the other parts of lab work, such as handling mice, or slicing thin layers of tissue.

— Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 17 July 2026

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