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coryphaei

noun

plural of coryphaeus
as in leaders

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  1. leaders
  2. traitors
  3. renegades
  4. defectors
Noun
  • Business leaders can’t predict their way through today’s turbulent environment—and should stop trying.
    — Danny Vincent, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Evans walked into the 49ers locker room, with a lot of veteran leaders, and has fit in well.
    — Vic Tafur, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of leaders
Noun
  • The team was criticized in Iran and branded as traitors in the media there for remaining silent when the Iranian national anthem was played ahead of their opening loss against South Korea on March 2.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Ortiz vowed to interrogate and, if necessary, kill any traitors who thwarted him and Simon.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of traitors
Noun
  • In some ways, there is a strange kind of unity to these three—all are set during the Depression, all feature stylish renegades.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
  • There are Sixties rock bands like the Sonics and the Small Faces, and pioneering hippie renegades like Love or the Thirteenth Floor Elevators.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2026
Definition of renegades
Noun
  • But the new work found that if the rewards change with time (even by a small amount), then a second stable point emerges from the model, allowing both cooperators and defectors to coexist.
    — Chris Lee, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Sources include defectors, informants and individuals who remain embedded within movements while passing information to outsiders.
    — Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of defectors
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“Coryphaei.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coryphaei. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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