as in assistant
a person who helps a more skilled person
the drug lord has a pair of brutal lieutenants who do most of his dirty work for him
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Recent Examples of lieutenant
Even at the lunch on Tuesday, after the Observer approached him to ask some follow-up questions to his remarks, a police lieutenant, Crystal Fletcher, intercepted the Observer and suggested that the follow-up questions should come in the form of an email.
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Charlotte Observer, 4 Nov. 2025
Those costs were signed off by the club’s auditors, but also helped Laporta and his lieutenants present a cleaner slate from 2021-22 onwards.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Unless, of course, the person in question is Chrishell’s most valuable lieutenant.
—Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Watson and Rajinder Gill, a Sutter County Sheriff’s lieutenant, were tasked with leading the tactical teams the day of Rodarte’s killing.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2025
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Charlotte Observer, 4 Nov. 2025
Those costs were signed off by the club’s auditors, but also helped Laporta and his lieutenants present a cleaner slate from 2021-22 onwards.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Unless, of course, the person in question is Chrishell’s most valuable lieutenant.
—Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Watson and Rajinder Gill, a Sutter County Sheriff’s lieutenant, were tasked with leading the tactical teams the day of Rodarte’s killing.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lieutenant
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Freshman Rashad McCants scored 25 points on 10-of-15 shooting for the Tar Heels, who were coached in the Preseason NIT semifinal by former Jayhawk assistant Matt Doherty.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Nov. 2025
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The assistant can handle more complex requests too.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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At the time, there were an estimated 450 greater adjutant storks left in the region.—
Kyla Mandel,
TIME,
20 Feb. 2025
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Since 2019, when Woodward took over as the Gooding adjutant, that totals more than $23,000, according to an accounting obtained by the Statesman from the county clerk through a public records request.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
13 July 2024
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At one event, Loomer, with her hidden camera, filmed Huma Abedin, a longtime Clinton aide, talking about Clinton’s commitment to admitting refugees fleeing the Syrian civil war.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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After Reagan’s assassination attempt, O’Neill was one of the first people to visit the wounded president in the hospital, according to former Reagan aide Max Friedersdorf.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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The impact of the storm was worsened by clogged waterways in an already flood-prone area, and an apparent lack of understanding of early warnings, Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro IV, deputy administrator for the Philippines Office of Civil Defense told local media.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Darbin Wofford, deputy director of health care for the centrist Democratic group Third Way, said even if there’s an agreement that reopens the government without a subsidy extension, Republicans already own the consequences.—
Nathaniel Weixel,
The Hill,
6 Nov. 2025
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And for design lovers, there’s Taliesin West, built by Frank Lloyd Wright and his apprentices in the 1930s (and expanded upon until the architect’s death in 1959).—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
7 Nov. 2025
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Kardashian, who is the daughter of the prominent late attorney Robert Kardashian, began studying law in 2018 through California’s Law Office Study Program, which allows aspiring lawyers to apprentice under licensed attorneys instead of attending law school.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Not only do these packing cubes from BAGSMART aid in organization, but the compression technology works wonders to cut down on bulk.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Nov. 2025
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Good Samaritans called 911 and aid was given to Jaramillo before he was taken to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Lieutenant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lieutenant. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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