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to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed
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Recent Examples of mentors
Brian Truitt, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Acknowledge when someone mentors a colleague, provides cover during a busy period, or shares resources generously.
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Noun
Played by Wayans, San Antonio Saviors franchise player Isaiah White has enough championship rings to fill both hands and now mentors the next generation.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Acknowledge when someone mentors a colleague, provides cover during a busy period, or shares resources generously.
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mentors
Verb
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The facial begins with a medical probe, administered by a Dior aesthetician, that measures your skin’s levels of hydration, elasticity, and collagen—and guides what Akram does next.—
Justin Fenner,
Robb Report,
27 Sep. 2025
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The Scorpio moon guides you to encounters that offer gentle expansion.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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After her audition, coaches Reba McEntire, Michael Bublé, Niall Horan and Snoop Dogg began their hopeful pleas to get Clark, 20, on their respective teams.—
Daniela Avila,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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Spencer is a veteran who is in the Navy Reserves and also coaches youth baseball teams, according to the GiveSendGo post.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Sep. 2025
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Hundreds of generals and admirals — senior commanders of the one-star rank or higher and their top advisers — have been summoned by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth from all over the world to the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, with little notice.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
28 Sep. 2025
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The order applied to senior commanders of the one-star rank or higher, and their top advisers.—
Richard Hall,
Time,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Mentors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mentors. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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