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Recent Examples of gaffer
The only people who accompanied him were his gaffer, his first assistant camera, producer and still photographer; the rest were local hires arranged by production services company Jaguar Bite.
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Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
Tarps and blankets can only be placed with painter's, gaffer or masking tapes.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2025
Our crew includes gaffers and key grips whose parents, and even grandparents, were in the industry.
—Gus Dominguez, IndieWire, 24 Aug. 2025
The bailiff pulled up gaffers tape from the floor and ripped off the white timeline sheets from the easel as Morris remained staring straight ahead.
—Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2025
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Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
Tarps and blankets can only be placed with painter's, gaffer or masking tapes.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2025
Our crew includes gaffers and key grips whose parents, and even grandparents, were in the industry.
—Gus Dominguez, IndieWire, 24 Aug. 2025
The bailiff pulled up gaffers tape from the floor and ripped off the white timeline sheets from the easel as Morris remained staring straight ahead.
—Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gaffer
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His grandfather founded an insurance company, Golden State Mutual Life, and a housing project in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, Nickerson Gardens, was named for the patriarch, the Times reported.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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The modern western was television’s hottest series during its five-season run, solidifying the star power of its lead Kevin Costner as patriarch John Dutton while establishing co-creator Taylor Sheridan as one of TV’s top writer-producers.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Jan. 2026
Noun
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To address the problem, water managers many years ago lowered the levels, but the tree islands never recovered, leaving ghosts of islands that lack the elevation to support the majestic hardwoods found in other parts of the Everglades, such as cypress, pond apple and pop ash trees.—
Amy Green,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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Krupp said at the time that the restructuring would affect middle- and upper-level managers, not front-line caseworkers.—
Hayleigh Colombo,
IndyStar,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Sixteen years into the experiment, Twitter is a graybeard by internet years and by corporate standards.—
Matt Pearce,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Oct. 2022
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Joe Thornton, the Bruins' No. 1 draft pick in 1997, is now an NHL graybeard.—
Dan Shaughnessy,
BostonGlobe.com,
23 Sep. 2022
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That decision could come as soon as this week, leaving the next skipper to assemble a coaching staff.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Nov. 2025
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The team will hire 33-year-old Blake Butera as their new skipper, per multiple reports.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Shildt was an old-timer, relying more on feel and instinct than the cellar-dwelling nerds who run the sport with impossible numbers that don’t mean a damn thing.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Oct. 2025
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California’s vulnerable House Republicans are a diverse gaggle that includes new blood and old-timers, a Trump antagonist and a Trump lickspittle.—
Michelle Cottle,
Mercury News,
24 Sep. 2025
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One automotive supervisor position has been filled, but no mechanics so far.—
Jeff Nguyen,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Human supervisors will monitor early deployments, and training Atlas for a new task typically takes only a day or two.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But Italian brainrot’s invisible massiveness, totally foreign to oldsters but beloved by children across continents and languages, is a compelling and chilling showcase of our frazzled internet culture landscape.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
10 Sep. 2025
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Uncle Herschel, the seated oldster in Cracker Barrel’s iconic logo, is not only a character from corporate lore, the founder’s real-life uncle, but a representative, even an aspirational, figure for a certain kind of American.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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However, the complaint claims neither Carnival’s cabin stewards nor the housekeepers ever took any action.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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In making Lin and Grady co-stewards, Sequoia is returning to the successful formula last employed when partners Michael Moritz and Doug Leone served as co-stewards.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Gaffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaffer. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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