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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 The university says that Glover, in his position as executive advisor, will work with the gamut of university leadership, including the president, provost and college deans. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2026 His boyish looks notwithstanding, Kiernan is now one of the deans of New York television, approaching his 30th year on NY1. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2026 Each academic school hosts their own ceremony, with students attending various departments — plus deans and senior leadership — all clad in their cardinal and gold regalia, marching behind their banners across the campus. — Staff Report, Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026 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
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  1. elders
  2. veterans
  3. superiors
Noun
  • The feeling of having this community of students and friends and mentors and elders, also the texture and the culture of HBCUs, and then the political consciousness of the show.
    — Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2026
  • On one side there has been Paden, backed by a contingent of supporters that has included family, church elders, the former bank president and other prominent residents.
    — Glenn Rice, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of elders
Noun
  • The Colombian military veterans had been hired as security contractors by the Doral-area firm Counter Terrorist Unit and its affiliate, Counter Terrorist Unit Federal Academy, collectively known as CTU.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Some of the funds would go to support specific groups, including veterans, farmworkers and Native American tribes.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of veterans
Noun
  • The series begins during a police intervention in which two officers shoot an unarmed teenager and decide to conceal what happened from their superiors.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Bartholow reported to her superiors at SEIU California that Regan stood uncomfortably close and hovered over her at the bar at a fundraiser for the state Senate leader in San Diego in March as tensions flared over the billionaire tax.
    — Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of superiors

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“Deans.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deans. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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