deans

noun

plural of dean
as in elders
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 deans Continue reading … 'THIS IS RIDICULOUS' — Med school deans come up empty in tense hearing when asked point blank if men can have babies. — FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026 Pageants, deans' lists, graduations or military enlistments are not accepted. — Arkansas Online, 21 June 2026 Lloyd was born in Berkeley and raised in Lafayette by his parents, Lester Lloyd, one of the deans of the San Francisco printing industry, and Mildred Lloyd, a librarian at Stanley Middle School. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 28 May 2026 But if the online tool cannot be turned back on safely, school officials will work with deans, department heads, and instructors regarding alternate ways to end the semester, sharing more information before noon Sunday. — William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026 Possibly this was the case at élite law schools in the nineteen-nineties, where even the most obdurate deans could not afford to ignore their militant students indefinitely. — Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 4 May 2026 Many move around the country, going from deans to vice presidents, and on to president, and by that time they are conditioned to stay within the traditional behaviors of corporate expectations, where regularity is valued, and disruption is thought to create corporate liability. — Matthew G. Andersson, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026 In addition, the research deans from various colleges here at MSU discuss these issues regularly with each other and other university officials to strategize how to navigate these difficult times, sharing information among people with different roles. — Nara Parameswaran, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026 These are the terms favored in higher ed, terms that make assessment possible, terms that accreditors and deans like. — Peter Wayne Moe, Longreads, 26 Mar. 2026
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  1. elders
  2. veterans
  3. superiors
Noun
  • Its inhabitants remain largely indifferent to the independence movement; village elders reason that freedom will benefit the educated while cultivators will merely exchange one set of masters for another.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026
  • Young orcas then gobbled up fish fragments that drifted through the water as their elders tore into what was left of the sunfish’s corpse.
    — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
Definition of elders
Noun
  • Several residents affiliated with the theater spoke at the July 14 meeting, saying that the theater offers special programming for residents who are more sensitive to loud noises, including veterans and children with developmental delays.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
  • Overall, the offensive line has a good mix of veterans, rising young players and depth that could bode well during the season.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026
Definition of veterans
Noun
  • Jozef, still a seminarian who had entered the congregation and taken the name Damien only three years earlier, bypassed his immediate superiors and petitioned the higher orders in Paris to be allowed to take his place.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
  • For example, women athletes are routinely portrayed as emotional, powerless, and reliant on their coaches or superiors, resulting in their infantilization, all while their men athlete counterparts are framed as rational and confident.
    — Lindsey Darvin, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of superiors

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