coryphaeus

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coryphaeus
Noun
  • The Church of England has been without a leader since last November when Justin Welby resigned over a child abuse cover-up scandal.
    Muvija M, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The third is a firebrand conservative who could become the country’s first female leader.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Dionysius of Heraclea, caught in a health crisis, abandoned Stoicism for the pleasures of the Cyrenaics — only to be branded a traitor by former allies who saw his change of heart as proof of weakness.
    Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The bandit takes the pair into Shaybani territory, where he is treated with suspicion, to the extent that he is considered a traitor and condemned to die.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Skarsgård has long been a red carpet renegade, showing flashes of that playful freak that lives within.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2025
  • With a running time of 191 minutes, Grindhouse was meant to be a celebration of the exploitation cinema on which the two renegade directors grew up.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
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“Coryphaeus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coryphaeus. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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