gaffer

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Recent Examples of gaffer 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 At one point, before the production got approval to use film, Gagné even borrowed a Bolex from a gaffer and bought film herself in order to shoot a time-lapse of the nature around the house. Abigail Lee, Variety, 11 June 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 See All Example Sentences for gaffer
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Noun
  • In the film, following a pair of rich siblings (Hill & Wiig) who are cut off from their parents, Lane will play the family patriarch, with Midler portraying his wife.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
  • In photos, shared by Vergara on Instagram, the cast held up a photo of the actor who played the Dunphy family patriarch.
    Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Fried was at 102 pitches, but on the other side of the field, Boston manager Alex Cora allowed his ace, Garrett Crochet, to throw 117.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
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    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Sixteen years into the experiment, Twitter is a graybeard by internet years and by corporate standards.
    Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Joe Thornton, the Bruins' No. 1 draft pick in 1997, is now an NHL graybeard.
    Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2022
Noun
  • His decade-long run as Atlanta’s skipper was highlighted by the 2021 World Series title.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Some pumpkins veer off course and soak their skippers in the pond’s fountain.
    Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • The old-timer included, well, an old-timer, a fella in overalls with his forearm resting on a barrel.
    Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Workers reported that in early August supervisors cut night shifts and later instructed casual and contract workers not to return.
    Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Team leaders—supervisors—had the authority to set norms on virtual meetings, and as with many employers, there was no official policy from top leaders on how to run them.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Destination franchise producer and steward Craig Perry and franchise veteran Sheila Hanahan Taylor are back producing, as are Jon Watts and his wife, Dianne McGunigle, along with Toby Emmerich.
    Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The Ferrari driver will be heading to the stewards to discuss the incident, which will likely lead to a financial penalty for the Maranello outfit.
    Lydia Mee, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Gaffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaffer. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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