as in deans
the senior member of a group
as the grizzled nestor of American film critics, he greatly influences what other reviewers write
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Noun
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The university’s central office and the deans’ offices are working to eliminate administration positions, officials added.—
Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The front office acquired a pair of veterans in free agency in Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston, along with nabbing Jaxson Dart on draft night.—
Kevin McCormick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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Members of the Yurok Tribe waited on the sandbar to greet them, including 90-year-old Lavina Mattz Bowers and other veterans of the struggle to affirm the tribe's fishing rights.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
USA Today,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Riley might have cast such a group as brutally anti-feminist, the novelistic equivalent of the polygamist compound in the HBO series Big Love, where girls are heavily groomed by the community’s elders and poverty prevents them from leaving.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
20 Aug. 2025
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This year, eight participants—from youth to elders—took to the plaza stage to discuss the origins, materials, and meanings behind their distinctive outfits.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Nestors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nestors. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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