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Recent Examples of figurehead
Absent from the billboards and the state media coverage is Suu Kyi, for decades the figurehead of Myanmar’s struggle for democracy.
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Ross Adkin, CNN Money, 27 Dec. 2025
The circulation of wedding photos featuring guns underscores the enduring cultural and political divisions around his case and his role as a conservative figurehead, particularly among supporters of the Second Amendment.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
In Göring's cell, with his superiors pressuring him to find out what the Nazi figurehead might say on the stand, Kelley asks the military commander what drew him to Hitler.
—NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
Rupert, now 94, will continue in a figurehead capacity as chairman emeritus of the companies, maintaining ceremonial leadership but no direct voting control.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
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Ross Adkin, CNN Money, 27 Dec. 2025
The circulation of wedding photos featuring guns underscores the enduring cultural and political divisions around his case and his role as a conservative figurehead, particularly among supporters of the Second Amendment.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
In Göring's cell, with his superiors pressuring him to find out what the Nazi figurehead might say on the stand, Kelley asks the military commander what drew him to Hitler.
—NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
Rupert, now 94, will continue in a figurehead capacity as chairman emeritus of the companies, maintaining ceremonial leadership but no direct voting control.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for figurehead
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At that time, checkpoint scanners were effectively digital shadow puppets.—
Eric Sullivan,
Scientific American,
29 Jan. 2026
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Their motley cast of puppets, including a lizardlike character named Kermit, sang parody songs and performed comedy sketches.—
Jared Bahir Browsh,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026
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More than 8,000 volunteers are with the program so far, but leaders have a goal of growing Phambassadors to at least 10,000 people before the year's biggest events.—
Nikki DeMentri,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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The leader of the Unification Church, also known as the Moonies, which began in South Korea and has spread worldwide, is also on trial over the bribes.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
28 Jan. 2026
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Every team needing a quarterback and watching Darnold’s rise wonders if busts-on-the-rise like Mac Jones and Malik Willis can do something similar.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Jan. 2026
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But unlike previous boom-bust cycles, the changes ahead may have less to do with rate cuts, Wall Street performance, or rental trends, and more to do with individual buyers and sellers.—
John Walkup,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Tether, the largest digital asset company on the planet, which has the largest global stablecoin market share, has just hired U.S. crypto kid Bo Hines, formerly the Director of the White House’s Crypto Council, as their CEO helmsman for their U.S. business.—
Lawrence Wintermeyer,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Named after Baius, Ulysses’ helmsman, the town was situated in a volcanic park, and its waters became known for their medicinal properties.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Aug. 2025
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In telling after telling, Dorothy is presented as the docile marionette of whatever man’s pulling her strings at the moment.—
Lili Anolik,
Vanity Fair,
12 Jan. 2026
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Both characters become haunting part-marionette, part-human hybrids in the process (described aptly as the Lisaonette and the Abbionette by Adams), their limbs lengthening and eyes glowing.—
Payton Turkeltaub,
Variety,
11 Dec. 2025
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Homan will also be taking the lead with Customs and Border Patrol in Minnesota, with Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino expected to depart the state imminently alongside some agents.—
Shelby Talcott,
semafor.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Fennessy brings expertise as former chief of the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department and past fire chief of the Orange County Fire Authority, one of California’s largest fire departments.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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This deluxe doll features Rumi in her all-black tactical gear and her Four Tiger sword.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Kenneth Handler told The Times in a 1989 story that there were few similarities between him and the doll named after him.—
Iris Kwok,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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But the Sabres captain has played in 48 games this season while dealing with an unimaginable situation away from the rink.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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The short doesn’t record her confrontation with a flight attendant and the plane’s captain but rather bystanders’ reactions.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Figurehead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/figurehead. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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