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Recent Examples of gaffer
Barn Doors — Important for gaffers, this denotes the four metal slides on the front of light kits used to direct or position light.
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Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 17 May 2025
Hollywood cinema has ever been a medium of self-reflexivity, mining its own art and business for story material, so the latest depiction of above-the-line talent — oddly, there is a paucity of films about gaffers, best boys, or foley artists — is part of a venerable tradition.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2025
With Vermes now out at Kansas City, there only two who currently occupy that dual role: San Jose Earthquakes boss Bruce Arena, and Chicago Fire gaffer Gregg Berhalter.
—Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
But the Colorado gaffer was not alone in shrinking in the moment.
—Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
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Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 17 May 2025
Hollywood cinema has ever been a medium of self-reflexivity, mining its own art and business for story material, so the latest depiction of above-the-line talent — oddly, there is a paucity of films about gaffers, best boys, or foley artists — is part of a venerable tradition.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2025
With Vermes now out at Kansas City, there only two who currently occupy that dual role: San Jose Earthquakes boss Bruce Arena, and Chicago Fire gaffer Gregg Berhalter.
—Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
But the Colorado gaffer was not alone in shrinking in the moment.
—Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gaffer
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The original action comedy got its kicks (sorry) and laughs from his family members slowly discovering that their unassuming patriarch is actually a secret bad ass.—
Scott Phillips,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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At a time when many sitcoms were propelled by the ritual undercutting of their bumbling patriarchs, Hank Hill is allowed to be the heart of the show.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
2 Aug. 2025
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Mandatory cuts in Arizona’s Colorado River supplies will remain in place through 2026, federal water managers said Aug. 15, reflecting a poor winter runoff, growing demand and worsening drought.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The 160-person staff includes psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, case managers and people who have received mental health treatment.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
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The boss man certainly has a soft spot for the graybeard – and Whitworth literally has a graying beard – who's been so exceptional over the years while protecting quarterbacks Jared Goff and Matthew Stafford, which is only a small part of what he's meant to the Rams.—
Nate Davis,
USA TODAY,
9 Feb. 2022
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Immediately, four dogs bound out of a modest pine log cabin, barking their fool heads off; there's George, a fluffy Newfoundland with a graybeard's tired face; Bunny, an Old English sheepdog; and Shih Tzus Clementine and Bear, the latter of whom cannot and will not be befriended.—
Ashlea Halpern,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Sep. 2021
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Potter is concerned about the lack of leaders, but has seen Bowen grow into his role as skipper.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
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Plants bloom throughout most of the year, attracting a diversity of skippers and butterflies, including Queens and the endangered Miami blue butterfly.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
19 Aug. 2025
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Here are more Denver old-timers preserving the city’s culinary and cultural past while inching toward the future, in alphabetical order.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
13 Aug. 2025
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Inside, the multi-generational crowd united old-timers, who may well have been at some of the Dead’s first Golden Gate Park gigs decades ago with kids and young adults catching live Grateful Dead music for the first time.—
Eric Renner Brown,
Billboard,
4 Aug. 2025
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After her recovery journey, Ward began working as a recovery support technician supervisor at Freedom House in 2022.—
Ruby Grisin,
The Courier-Journal,
22 Aug. 2025
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Plant supervisors could log downtime reasons, tag root causes and assign action items.—
Apurva Wadodkar,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Who among us oldsters doesn’t enjoy a good VFX-costume parlay?—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
28 Feb. 2025
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Folks back in the day had Yoda as their feisty oldster and the kids now have Maz. 36.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
24 May 2023
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This example of the model has had only two stewards since leaving the factory in Molsheim, France.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
11 Aug. 2025
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The Paradis Suite where the paintings hang was the recent hotel stay of Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz, stewards of the private Dean Collection.—
Skylar Mitchell,
Essence,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Gaffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaffer. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.
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