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Noun
Photo: Getty Images With money from his mentor, Wright began building what would become his family home in 1889. Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 8 May 2025 Legendary Belgian driver Jacky Ickx, who competed in Formula One from 1966 to 1979, supports the team as its mentor. Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 7 May 2025
Verb
Some will excel at building relationships and attracting clients, while others will excel at mentoring their team or tackling legal work when complex legal questions arise. Sarah Nell Walsh, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025 Duties include drafting agreements, reviewing documents, corresponding with clients and mentoring junior associates. Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mentor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mentor
Verb
  • Ross will mastermind the game, pairing up the couples and guiding them on paths to reconciliation.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 19 May 2025
  • The Coast Guard has been guiding the ship's crew on repairs and how to move it safely, while all commercial water traffic in the area is suspended.
    Naveen Dhaliwal, CBS News, 19 May 2025
Verb
  • This is Kelly’s first time coaching in the NFL since he was fired as the San Francisco 49ers’ coach in 2016.
    Tashan Reed, New York Times, 19 May 2025
  • With El Camino Real’s boys team winning the City Section Open Division championship on Saturday after an upset over No. 1-seeded Venice, Lee has won City titles coaching El Camino Real’s boys, girls and beach volleyball teams, the Triple Crown of volleyball coaching.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • In the same way that Chris added daughter Dawn to join her, my friend Cyndy Allen, a vice president and financial adviser for RBC Wealth Management, hired her daughter Corinne Patteson, who had majored in math and finance in college, to join her as a financial adviser.
    Lynne Agress, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2025
  • Since the Republican election victory all tax advisers have speculated that the reduction might not occur.
    Martin Shenkman, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025

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“Mentor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mentor. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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