as in assistants
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 lieutenants
Urman is cast as a central figure in the complaint alongside her lieutenants, Renna and Lieber.
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Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2026
UConn men’s hockey coach Mike Cavanaugh lost one of his top lieutenants, Nick Peruzzi, to Wisconsin this week.
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Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
14 June 2026
But the series falls under the purview of one of Friedlander’s top lieutenants, Brett Fetter, Head of Worldbuilding & Genre Series, who didn’t start at Amazon until February.
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Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
2 June 2026
Colorado fired one of Jared Bednar’s longtime lieutenants, Ray Bennett, last May after the power play failed in the Dallas series.
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Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
27 May 2026
Instead, Paulie’s trusted lieutenants move from person to person, talking with various would-be partners and supplicants, and then go back and whisper in Paulie’s ear.
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Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
26 May 2026
Trump and his top lieutenants addressed the crowd by video and in person.
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Susan Page,
USA Today,
20 May 2026
What divided Musk and his lieutenants, on one side, from Altman, Brockman, and the OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, on the other, was the unresolved issue of which special man got to wear the pants.
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
Now Harbaugh gets to test one of his old lieutenants, with McDaniel’s play sheet caught in the middle.
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Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 May 2026
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2026
UConn men’s hockey coach Mike Cavanaugh lost one of his top lieutenants, Nick Peruzzi, to Wisconsin this week.
—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
14 June 2026
But the series falls under the purview of one of Friedlander’s top lieutenants, Brett Fetter, Head of Worldbuilding & Genre Series, who didn’t start at Amazon until February.
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Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
2 June 2026
Colorado fired one of Jared Bednar’s longtime lieutenants, Ray Bennett, last May after the power play failed in the Dallas series.
—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
27 May 2026
Instead, Paulie’s trusted lieutenants move from person to person, talking with various would-be partners and supplicants, and then go back and whisper in Paulie’s ear.
—
Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
26 May 2026
Trump and his top lieutenants addressed the crowd by video and in person.
—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
20 May 2026
What divided Musk and his lieutenants, on one side, from Altman, Brockman, and the OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, on the other, was the unresolved issue of which special man got to wear the pants.
—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
Now Harbaugh gets to test one of his old lieutenants, with McDaniel’s play sheet caught in the middle.
—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lieutenants
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Others newly added to the professional list include degrees for physical therapy, athletic training, speech-language pathology, physician associates and anesthesiologist assistants.
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Calderón, a big, bald man wearing a gold chain and cross-shaped earrings, sat off to the side, amid an entourage of muscular assistants in polo shirts, poking at his phone.
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The departure of Adorni — who, as Milei’s spokesperson, emerged in 2023 as the face of his strict austerity program and anti-corruption drive — costs the president one of his most trusted and longtime aides.
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Trump toured the course with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, various aides and the golf course architect Tom Fazio and his son, Gavin Fazio.
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Guests will hear the shuffle of San Francisco outside the windows, phones ringing, and the lingering voices of apprentices or other clients.
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The location is intended to help students, technicians, apprentices, and engineers move directly into careers linked to quantum technologies.
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The names of the man, the deputies and the Plantation officer were not released.
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Investigators said deputies then conducted a tactical retreat while continuing to order the suspect to drop the weapon.
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The plans also offer enrollees additional benefits, such as eyeglasses, hearing aids, and prescription drug coverage, and have now attracted more than half of all Medicare enrollees.
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This is a dramatic increase from 2010, when the CDC reported just 4% of adults used prescription sleep aids.
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The Minions were first introduced to audiences in 2010’s Despicable Me as the loyal sidekicks of former supervillain Gru (Steve Carell).
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Journeying to the show’s academy, named Kal Asterock, reminds me of watching Sky High, the 2005 Disney film about a high school for superheroes and sidekicks developing their powers.
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