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Recent Examples of company man
First-time head coach Campo was a good company man, and solid defensive coordinator.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for company man
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Carr ends up tripping and falling down stairs, eating soup laced with Plan B One Step emergency contraceptive, and getting doused in cat feces, which leads to him contracting toxoplasmosis, a parasite that can be transferred to fetuses during pregnancy.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
25 Sep. 2025
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Chagas disease is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, according to the CDC.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Frequently touched objects like phones, remote controls, and kitchen sponges are hotspots for bacteria.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Sep. 2025
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Use a sponge or microfiber cloth to rub hard-water stains from the glass.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
23 Sep. 2025
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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
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The new play now at A Red Orchid Theatre is about the existential angst that flows from an acting role only a Soviet apparatchik could truly love: standing in for a murderous dictator with myriad enemies.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
3 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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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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The small-mouth bass go for the leeches, too.—
Jeremy Rutherford,
New York Times,
23 Aug. 2025
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“Company man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/company%20man. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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