as in elder
the senior member of a group
the dean of the Aspen ski instructors oversaw the training of the rescue team
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Recent Examples of dean
However, Courtney Hull, associate dean of Fire/EMS training at WCTC, said about 30 to 40% of the people in the EMT/firefighting DEA program are women.
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Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Chung, the former university dean, said there are virtually no chances for North Korea to give up its nuclear program.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
Months later, in March 2023, a student shot and injured two deans inside East High School.
—Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025
Instead, the dean worries about how the situation will come off to the rest of the academic community.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
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Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Chung, the former university dean, said there are virtually no chances for North Korea to give up its nuclear program.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
Months later, in March 2023, a student shot and injured two deans inside East High School.
—Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025
Instead, the dean worries about how the situation will come off to the rest of the academic community.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dean
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An omnibus federal program run cooperatively with states, Medicaid in Connecticut supports medical and behavioral health services, substance abuse treatment, and nursing home and in-home elder care in Connecticut.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
7 Jan. 2026
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The room erupted in laughter, capturing perfectly the resilience, joy and perspective that so many elders carry with them.—
Norman B. Gildin,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Jan. 2026
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The agreement includes bipartisan bills worked out by the Senate Appropriations Committee to fund parts of government — food aid, veterans programs and the legislative branch, among other things.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
10 Nov. 2025
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Mills and the Texans’ offense scored a touchdown on all three of their fourth-quarter drives, including the veteran quarterback capping a 14-play, 93-yard drive with a 14-yard run to complete the comeback and give Houston a 30-29 lead — its first of the game.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Other more outlandish suggestions have included Nicola Mendelsohn, the head of Meta’s global business group and a doyen of British business, and Tristram Hunt, a former broadcast journalist and Labour Party politician who now runs the Victoria & Albert Museum.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
9 Jan. 2026
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Senator Chuck Schumer, doyen of the party’s establishment wing and one of the country’s most-prominent Jewish politicians, never publicly backed Mamdani.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Yet the overriding feeling of Light-Years is of two elder statesmen who still have gifts to share.—
Mosi Reeves,
Rolling Stone,
13 Dec. 2025
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After several bows from the cast, Townshend—who also appears during the show as a guitar-strumming elder statesman (no, Pete doesn’t plié or jeté)—came out to a standing ovation and said a few words about his late collaborator.—
Joe Lynch,
Billboard,
15 Nov. 2025
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While seniors are its core audience, Road Scholar also offers Grandparent Adventures, women-only tours, and is notably solo-traveler friendly, with roughly 30% of guests traveling alone.—
Josh Roberts,
USA Today,
10 Jan. 2026
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Instead of looking for rising high school stars such as Hill to fill their lineups, college coaches are dipping into the portal to fill instant needs, which can have consequences for high school seniors wanting to play on the next level, Woods said.—
Rick Cantu,
Austin American Statesman,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Dean.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dean. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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