company man

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Recent Examples of company man 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 Coates was once a proud company man. Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for company man
Recent Examples of Synonyms for company man
Noun
  • The benzoquinones in those secretions are pungent to parasites and mosquitoes, and lemurs sometimes also ingest small amounts, suggesting a mix of topical repellent and internal deworming.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
  • As depicted here, Gacy is a parasite latched onto a failing society.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • An old rag leaves behind streaks and lint, and a sponge can be abrasive, scratching the glass surface.
    Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Never use the abrasive side of a sponge on nonstick cookware.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 13 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
  • Tatum and Bullock have spoken about filming the leech scene together before.
    Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Once the workplace of Revolutionary War figure General Hugh Mercer, the recreated 18th-century pharmacy and doctor’s office is filled with tinctures, leeches, and surgical tools, all explained by costumed interpreters.
    Madeline Weinfield, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025

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“Company man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/company%20man. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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