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to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed
we're looking for volunteers to mentor students in the theater arts
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Recent Examples of mentors
Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
Additionally, Charles visited a grassroots community organization that mentors children and young people affected by food insecurity.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
Students Build the ‘Frankenbird’ The robotic decoys were built by students from Jackson Hole High School working with Gary Duquette, a former engineering teacher who now mentors robotics students through the nonprofit Wonder Institute.
—Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2026
Nicole plays a seventies-era, punk-Vivienne Westwood type who mentors my character.
—Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
The man gets his exiled nephew a job on Wall Street and mentors him.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2026
That includes Susan Brennan, a former director of the program and a cognitive scientist at Stony Brook University, who mentors applicants throughout the state of New York.
—Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 11 Feb. 2026
Coach Rafael Arutyunyan has trained Olympic champion Nathan Chen and now mentors Ilia Malinin, the only skater to land a quad axel.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Crowe will portray a swordsman who mentors Cavill's Highlander, and Bautista will play an antagonistic immortal known as the Kurgen, while Gillan will star as Connor's very mortal wife.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Jan. 2026
Verb
In Tuner, Hoffman plays Harry Horowitz, a veteran piano tuner who mentors Niki White, a younger apprentice played by Leo Woodall.
—Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
Additionally, Charles visited a grassroots community organization that mentors children and young people affected by food insecurity.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
Students Build the ‘Frankenbird’ The robotic decoys were built by students from Jackson Hole High School working with Gary Duquette, a former engineering teacher who now mentors robotics students through the nonprofit Wonder Institute.
—Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2026
Nicole plays a seventies-era, punk-Vivienne Westwood type who mentors my character.
—Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
The man gets his exiled nephew a job on Wall Street and mentors him.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2026
That includes Susan Brennan, a former director of the program and a cognitive scientist at Stony Brook University, who mentors applicants throughout the state of New York.
—Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 11 Feb. 2026
Coach Rafael Arutyunyan has trained Olympic champion Nathan Chen and now mentors Ilia Malinin, the only skater to land a quad axel.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Crowe will portray a swordsman who mentors Cavill's Highlander, and Bautista will play an antagonistic immortal known as the Kurgen, while Gillan will star as Connor's very mortal wife.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mentors
Noun
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The start-up scene, with its conferences, workshops, and accelerators; its Silicon Valley–like culture; its foreign investors and advisers; looked to him and others like the leading edge of such a threat.—
Bozorgmehr Sharafedin,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
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Never enough designers, developers, researchers, lawyers, service agents, advisors, or strategists.—
Brian Solis,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Verb
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Its infrared seeker locks onto a target before launch and guides itself to impact without further operator control.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
26 May 2026
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By the 31st minute, Andrew guides Sudeikis and his family to the back near the other celebrities.—
Melanie Anzidei,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
Noun
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And grants to districts to train teachers or recruit school mental health workers have been discontinued for mentions of diversity in recruitment.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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So was Walnut Creek School District’s Measure L, which asked voters to approve an annual $98 per parcel tax for nine years, which the district said would be used to attract and retain teachers, fund academic programs and maintain class sizes.—
Molly Gibbs,
Mercury News,
3 June 2026
Verb
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To her daughter, 8-year-old Hazel (Nola Wallace), Paula is the fun parent, a mom who encourages ice cream for dinner, embraces cursing, enthusiastically participates in TikTok dances, and even coaches her daughter’s youth soccer team.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
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Perkins coaches his son’s YPG Perkins team, and things were getting chippy against their opponent, Swaveway Playaz.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
28 May 2026
Noun
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You are asked to be teachers, counselors, social workers, disciplinarians, mentors, advocates, crisis managers and emotional anchors for children navigating an increasingly complicated world.—
Susana A. Mendoza,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2026
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The decision came as the Missouri Attorney General’s Office is suing the city on behalf of a group of Christian counselors.—
Dylan Lysen
June 2,
Kansas City Star,
2 June 2026
Noun
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Unions representing graduate workers, adjuncts and non-tenure-track instructors have organized in recent years at several campuses, including New York University, Columbia and Harvard.—
Jaweed Kaleem,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
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Those scenes' lighthearted whimsy, featuring late-night hijinks with classmates pranking grumpy instructors, pays off in the story's earliest tragedies.—
Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
1 June 2026
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“Mentors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mentors. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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