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
Hopefully this sets up both Herrmann and his best buddy Mouch (Christian Stolte), who took the lieutenant’s test and passed, to be up for promotions hopefully soon.
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Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2025
Finally, Dalton will portray a LA County Sheriff’s Department lieutenant.
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 7 Mar. 2025
Obispo-Hernandez was identified as another lieutenant in the criminal organization and is believed to be in Guatemala.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
Police officers administered both CPR and a defibrillator and detected a pulse — then a fire-rescue lieutenant gave her Narcan, a medicine that can save someone from a fentanyl or opioid overdose.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
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Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2025
Finally, Dalton will portray a LA County Sheriff’s Department lieutenant.
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 7 Mar. 2025
Obispo-Hernandez was identified as another lieutenant in the criminal organization and is believed to be in Guatemala.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
Police officers administered both CPR and a defibrillator and detected a pulse — then a fire-rescue lieutenant gave her Narcan, a medicine that can save someone from a fentanyl or opioid overdose.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lieutenant
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The 10 individuals initially arrested in September 2017, which included four college assistant coaches, were all relative bit players in the ecosystem.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
13 Mar. 2025
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Trainer led Trump's battleground states strategy in 2020 and joined the first administration as special assistant to the president and director of regional political operations.—
Axios,
Axios,
13 Mar. 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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In the months since fellow senior Legion executives suspended Abrahamson without pay from his statewide adjutant job in April, a number of the roughly 8,000 members in Idaho have called for a change in leadership.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
13 July 2024
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Netanyahu’s effort to remove Ronen Bar as director of the Shin Bet follows an increasingly acrimonious dispute that also involves the security service’s investigation into close aides of the prime minister.—
Melanie Lidman,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Mar. 2025
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The strikes Saturday are the result of several high-level White House meetings this week with Trump and top national security aides, including Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, national security adviser Mike Waltz, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Michael E. Kurilla.—
Luis Martinez,
ABC News,
15 Mar. 2025
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Also in the power hallway is Beau Harrison, deputy chief of staff for operations.—
Jennifer Jacobs,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2025
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During that period, his brother was hired into what appears to have been his first federal job—deputy director of the Office of Secretarial Boards and Councils at the Department of Energy.—
David W. Brown,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
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After college, Heil auditioned and was accepted into a two-year apprentice program at Ballet Austin in Texas, but when the program ended, he wasn’t hired.—
Marcia Luttrell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Mar. 2025
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The Tallahassee Ballet, a 50-year-old institution with a professional and youth apprentice program, offers a mix of classic and contemporary ballets during the year.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
14 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, Israel's blockade of aid on Gaza — including electricity — is entering its third week.—
Kat Lonsdorf,
NPR,
15 Mar. 2025
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Waukegan sought mutual aid from other departments to help fight the blaze and man city fire stations.—
Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Lieutenant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lieutenant. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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