protégé

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Recent Examples of protégé Military purges After coming to power, Xi consolidated control over the world’s largest military by taking down powerful generals from rival factions and replacing them with allies and loyal proteges. Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025 Loomer also called Noble a protege of James Clapper, who served as director of national intelligence in the Obama administration and has been deeply critical of Trump. Colin Meyn, The Hill, 4 Apr. 2025 This has been an area rife for activism with Icahn protege Keith Meister on the board of MGM, two activists in Penn Entertainment and two more activists in Entain with Eminence founder Ricky Sandler on the board. Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 22 Mar. 2025 The Braves in fact lost one of their key free agents, backup catcher Travis d'Arnaud, to the Angels — where Anthopoulos' protege´, Perry Minasian, is the general manager — shortly after the 2024 World Series concluded. Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025 Musk and his team of young proteges, which included members as young as 19 years old, set to work gaining access to extremely sensitive personal data of Americans, including Social Security and taxpayer info. Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025 Wilson’s somewhat familiar with Miami’s offense because of his three-year tenure as a starter with Jets, which ran a similar west coast scheme to what McDaniel runs based on his background as a Mike Shanahan protege. Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2025 Still, the governor’s criticism of Donalds is striking given the similarities between the two Trump proteges. Kirby Wilson, Sun Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2025 That is, until the driver of the No. 21 Cup car — and protege of Earnhardt Jr. — realized his friends were serious. Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for protégé
Noun
  • As the University of Maryland's graduating class prepares to leap into the next stage of life, Kermit the Frog left the students with a message of connection and love.
    Kiersten Hacker, Baltimore Sun, 23 May 2025
  • Long holiday weekends are ideal for travel because many people have an extra day off work and students are off from school.
    Sara Chernikoff, USA Today, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • What started as a one-month experiment then has become a permanent routine for the defending champions now.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
  • In 2024, the top-four champions earned $4 million for the first-round bye and $4 million for participating in the quarterfinals.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • Goodison is the only stadium in the world to have a church in one of its corners, and St Luke’s remains a vibrant meeting point for supporters on matchday.
    Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 15 May 2025
  • As of Wednesday, nearly 11,500 people, including current students, alumni, faculty and HBCU supporters nationwide, signed a petition opposing Johnson’s appointment, according to the Tallahassee Democrat.
    Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 15 May 2025

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“Protégé.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prot%C3%A9g%C3%A9. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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