disciplinarian

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Recent Examples of disciplinarian Youth team manager Dave Merrington was a strict disciplinarian, ensuring all the menial jobs done by budding young footballers back then — such as cleaning the dressing rooms and sweeping the terraces — had to be done to the highest standard. Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 13 Aug. 2024 Bernard Parks, chief from 1997 to 2002, had a reputation as a tough disciplinarian, which frequently put him at odds with the police union. Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024 They're perceived as harsh disciplinarians, primarily concerned with academic achievement. Josh Feldman, NBC News, 17 June 2024 This view of Nigeria requires the country to find a unicorn: a democratic disciplinarian who will bring order and prosperity to the system. Uzodinma Iweala, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2022 See all Example Sentences for disciplinarian 
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Noun
  • Those arguments aren’t sitting well with Democrats, who are accusing Trump and his GOP allies in the Capitol of betraying the same law enforcers who are charged with protecting them.
    Mike Lillis, The Hill, 23 Jan. 2025
  • So this was contraband liquor removed from the club in Creek County and stashed across the road in Tulsa County as an effort to baffle enforcers.
    Charles Hammer, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Garrett is the taskmaster who’s there to keep everyone in line… and Quasi is a little afraid of Georgiou, since her murderous reputation precedes her.
    Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Your celestial ruler, Venus, will conjunct taskmaster Saturn in Pisces — shaking up your 11th house of associations, community affairs and individual freedom — encouraging you to evaluate your friendship and group dynamics.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • His fervor against communism, which was gaining a foothold in nearby Cuba, made the ruthless dictator and his son U.S. allies.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
  • In fact, past experience as a brutal dictator seems to be an important qualification, as both Khan Noonien Singh and Philippa Georgiou have made it past Section 31's vetting procedures.
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 24 Jan. 2025

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