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
David Allison, the dean of the public-health school at Indiana University-Bloomington and an obesity researcher who, along with Peter Attia, has advised Rahal, frames it differently.
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Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
Attendees include the dean of the College of Cardinals, select members of the pope's family, and senior officials from the Vatican's health department.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
After a week of rallies, boycotts and protests, the students of Gallaudet University triumph as the hearing president resigns and beloved dean Dr. I. King Jordan becomes the university’s first Deaf president.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2025
Seidel and the university’s board of trustees, which met just before Wright was terminated as dean, have denied that his demotion was in retaliation for his refusing to transfer the funds.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
Attendees include the dean of the College of Cardinals, select members of the pope's family, and senior officials from the Vatican's health department.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
After a week of rallies, boycotts and protests, the students of Gallaudet University triumph as the hearing president resigns and beloved dean Dr. I. King Jordan becomes the university’s first Deaf president.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2025
Seidel and the university’s board of trustees, which met just before Wright was terminated as dean, have denied that his demotion was in retaliation for his refusing to transfer the funds.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dean
Noun
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Barber had been serving a four-year sentence for robbery, theft/embezzlement from an elder or dependent adult and grand theft at a county reentry program facility.—
Rachel Uranga,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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Aimee had three ministerial assistants and a board of seven elders, along with 21 deacons — 14 of them women.—
Claire Hoffman,
Rolling Stone,
20 Apr. 2025
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Abel, a veteran executive in the company, should become Berkshire Hathaway's chief executive at the end of the year, Buffett said.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
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Outfielder Jackson Merrill is on the injured list with a right hamstring strain, second baseman Jake Cronenworth is on the IL with a non-displaced right rib fracture and veteran starter Yu Darvish hasn’t pitched this season because of right elbow inflammation.—
Steve Berman,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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The newcomers to their abode are Jerry, a hunky Mormon flight attendant (Bomer), and Arthur, a haughty fashion doyen recently fired from Vogue (Graham).—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2025
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The as-yet-untitled series will feature the two doyens of British comedy along with newer names like Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Lara Ricote, Stevie Martin, and Krystal Evans (all pictured).—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Lowden plays River like a stoic fool, the serious novice to Gary Oldman’s sloppy elder statesman.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2025
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As Hip-Hop continues to progress and evolve, some of the genre’s elder statesmen have lost their connection or understanding of the landscape.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
21 Jan. 2025
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Sacramento plans to scale back its congregate housing homeless shelters and instead turn its focus to building interim housing micro-communities that could charge homeless seniors a fee.—
Mathew Miranda,
Sacbee.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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The victims were seniors Kaylee Goncalves, 21, of Rathdrum, and Madison Mogen, 21, of Coeur d’Alene; junior Xana Kernodle, 20, of Post Falls; and freshman Ethan Chapin, 20, of Mount Vernon, Washington.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Dean.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dean. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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