company man

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Recent Examples of company man When asked by Robinson about the Heat's team-building intentions during the offseason, Adebayo was a company man, keeping word mum. Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025 First-time head coach Campo was a good company man, and solid defensive coordinator. Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Jan. 2025 This would certainly be a huge match for both Hendry and TNA, especially since Cena is so recognized as a company man who has only wrestled with WWE. John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025 Everyone was being a company man. Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 26 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for company man
Recent Examples of Synonyms for company man
Noun
  • Extreme temperatures, parasites, viruses, fungi, and bacteria are all common dangers.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
  • While striped skunk is edible, Coalition Brewing warns against its strong odor, scavenger diet and susceptibility to parasites.
    Stuart Dyos, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Scrub the area with a non-abrasive sponge or cloth.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2025
  • To spot-clean, apply a small amount of water with a sponge and scrub gently.
    Jennifer Beck Goldblatt, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This agitprop is vomited out 24/7 by Democrat media apparatchiks who were also unerringly described by Orwell in his novel 1984.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
  • There’s not much in the way of philosophical heft or psychological insight as the plot follows many decades in the life of Paul Dano’s Vadim Baranov, the fictionalization of a real apparatchik spearheading Putin’s communication strategy.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Is her team currently full of yes-men high on her supply?
    Bianca Davino, Refinery29, 7 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Those who predicted a doomed future for all of humanity called us addicts and criminals, leeches and slime (and way worse things) because we were detested, shouted at, dragged by our arms across bedrooms and public sporting events.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The horror film takes the world of elite sports to disturbing new extremes, filled with brutal ambition, blood-sucking leeches, and hard-hitting serves.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025

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“Company man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/company%20man. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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