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Recent Examples of jefe Learn more The other jefe Raúl headed the Cuban Army for decades, and under his watch the military control over the economy expanded. Kevin G. Hall, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2025 Chambers, a longtime exec, spent a great degree of time in L.A. since serving as distribution jefe for Disney. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025 Trejo’s Spirits Tequila Alternative Action hero and Trejo’s Tacos jefe Danny Trejo has been sober for over 50 years and has put his name on a smooth and balanced zero-proof tequila alternative that empowers non-imbibers to make perfect Palomas and hangover-free margaritas. Hugh Garvey, Sunset Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024 Many of my peers learned English from Scully — as my jefe Hector once wrote, there was no better teacher outside of Warner Bros. cartoons. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2022 Los Tigres del Norte Leave it to Los Tigres del Norte’s power anthem to get everyone on the dance floor feeling like a jefe (boss). Billboard Staff, Billboard, 4 May 2022 Un jefe revolucionario cae en una trampa, su mujer y el pueblo lo salvan pero su campamento es arrasado. Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2019 In an end-of-year address posted online, the ELN’s jefe máximo, who goes by the alias Gabino, promised to continue negotiations even if hostilities resumed. Maximo Anderson, Bloomberg.com, 10 Jan. 2018 By April 18, the sometime ship mechanic Manuel Hedilla, acting head of the party, was elected its new jefe nacional by a narrow vote. Jesús Palacios, Slate Magazine, 9 Feb. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jefe
Noun
  • That was just a completely different life, and Lisa was also my boss.
    Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Serve as their bosses’ guardian angels How the candidate interacts with our managers and my receptionist is important, as well.
    Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • One, the foreman, is a gentleman who was born in the Dominican Republic and came to NYC in 1996.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Ben Ross had originally worked as a timber foreman under his enslaver, Anthony Thompson, a wealthy landowner in the county.
    Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Other world leaders in attendance included include UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Britain's Prince William, U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres, French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
    Mike Snider, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
  • It is expected to be the largest gathering of world leaders since the inauguration of Donald Trump as US president in January.
    Caroline Frost, Deadline, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Fredrick Pugh, chief of response, Sector St. Petersburg, said in a statement on Monday.
    Darren Reynolds, ABC News, 28 Apr. 2025
  • In a Kremlin meeting Saturday, Valery Gerasimov, chief of the General Staff for Russia’s armed forces, told Putin that Russian forces had retaken the Kursk region.
    Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Becker said a few minutes later, the captain ordered an evacuation, and the emergency slides were deployed.
    Zach Wichter, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
  • At the time, the former zookeeper was worried about the couple's chances for the chaplain, warden and the captain to approve their paperwork.
    Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • McRaven retired in 2014 as a four-star admiral and the ninth commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM).
    Chris Harris, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • A number of senior Russian commanders have been killed in Ukraine.
    Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In the workers’ break room, managers stripped the dedicated union bulletin board and removed the binders containing the collective-bargaining agreement.
    E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Kirk started in business as a revenue assurance manager.
    Kirk W. McLaren, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025

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“Jefe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jefe. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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