1
as in conduit
a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas)
the leader funnels water off of the roof and down into the cistern
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as in boss
the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do
the team leader is good at making sure that everyone keeps busy at their assigned tasks
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as in pioneer
one that takes the lead or sets an example
an architectural firm that is widely regarded as a leader in innovative residential design
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Recent Examples of leader
Hall, 54, plays Deandra, a group leader who is tasked with protecting the teen daughter (played by Chase Infiniti) of their ex-bomb maker (Leonardo DiCaprio) after an old enemy resurfaces.
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Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Despite Mamdani’s triangulation, Democratic leaders have continued to eye him warily.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2025
This crisis has shown us which world leaders will not only consent to this genocide, but brutally discipline their populations for having the gall to question it.
—Jack Sheehan
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Moore's and Thornton's characters struck up a partnership as the leaders of M*Tex Oil after the shocking death of Jon Hamm's Monty Miller in the season 1 finale.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025
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Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Despite Mamdani’s triangulation, Democratic leaders have continued to eye him warily.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2025
This crisis has shown us which world leaders will not only consent to this genocide, but brutally discipline their populations for having the gall to question it.
—Jack Sheehan
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Moore's and Thornton's characters struck up a partnership as the leaders of M*Tex Oil after the shocking death of Jon Hamm's Monty Miller in the season 1 finale.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leader
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Here and nowhere else, Holland treats Kafka’s oeuvre not as abstract fodder for pithy musing, but as texts which were published at a real point in history, that came from the mind of a person and not a divine conduit.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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Even though Josh and Arteta have a good relationship, stemming back to when Arteta played for the club, Lewis is the conduit between the club and ownership.—
Dan Sheldon,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Dudek got the job, wittingly or not, through an end-run around his bosses.—
Eli Hager,
ProPublica,
8 Sep. 2025
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Companies responded by jettisoning a few mean executives, changing their internal communications strategies, and retraining bosses to be nicer.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Alexander Jabbour is an Engineering Lead at Rilla, an industry pioneer in real-time sales conversation feedback.—
Alexander Jabbour,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Visitors can also stop by the Leonard Reid House, built in 1926 by one of Sarasota’s early Black pioneers, Leonard Reid, or visit the Greater Newtown Historical Gallery, a repository of Newtown history that includes family photo collections and artifacts.—
Mariette Williams,
AFAR Media,
9 Sep. 2025
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Gamers will appreciate the efficient airflow design with the new Cryo-Chamber that helps pull cool air into the system through 2 fans, 3 copper heat pipes, and 4 exhaust vents.—
Sherrie Nachman,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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On the platform, around the clock, the racket of metal bore pipes and machinery, the drilling grime and the speckled mud mingled with the quieter, cleaner work of scientists in trailers converted to pristine labs and processing posts.—
Rodrique Ngowi,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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On a white-run construction site in West Africa, an edgy, tightly wound foreman anxiously awaits his bride.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 2025
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Set on a white-run construction site in West Africa, the story follows an edgy foreman anxiously awaiting his bride, whose presence meets resistance from a cocksure engineer clinging to the hyper-masculine status quo.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
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The son of Not This Time missed the Triple Crown with an ankle chip but looms the likely pacesetter.—
Jared Welch,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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But 2025 has sparked a ruthless race for AI dominance, and OpenAI has struggled to remain the undisputed pacesetter amid a growing field of rivals developing advanced LLM models.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
7 Aug. 2025
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In the wake of a transfer deadline that brought anger and worry from many supporters, the Wolves chairman gave an interview of more than half an hour to the club’s in-house television channel.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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The suit also alleges that Fox News pressures its guests not to appear on Newsmax and has hired private investigators to target Newsmax executives in an effort to drag down the channel.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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Under captain Eric Brown, the GB&I team was even instructed not to help opponents search for lost balls.—
Tim Corlett,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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His father landed on the beaches of Normandy during the allied invasion in World War II, while his sister was a captain in the Navy.—
Peter Burke,
FOXNews.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Leader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leader. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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