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Recent Examples of protégé
Former State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, a protege of Preckwinkle, left the office with a $221 million budget for 2025 and a total headcount of about 1,440.
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Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
The grudge match for the WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship between the champion, Becky Lynch, and her former protege, Lyra Valkyria, is currently scheduled for Night One on Saturday, August 2nd.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
With Julie and Wonders’ Ava Brooks defeating Ray, his homicidal protege is still out there and ready to take revenge in another installment.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 19 July 2025
There are five American women in the last 16 this year, including Hailey Baptiste, the 23-year-old Tiafoe family protege from Washington, D.C.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 1 June 2025
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Chase Coleman's Tiger Capital, Henry Ellenbogen's Durable Capital and the famed Seth Klarman protege, David Abrams, are all major shareholders here, as is Baillie Gifford, one of the earliest institutional investors to build a major position in Tesla.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 26 June 2025
The vote – seen by supporters as an effort to guarantee judges’ autonomy and impartiality – has been embraced by Lopez Obrador’s successor and protege, President Claudia Sheinbaum.
—David Culver, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
The kitchen is helmed by Grise's business partner, Mitch Arens, a former protege of my favorite New Orleans chef, Donald Link.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Condon plays Kate, an engineering brain trust who designs and modifies the vehicles being driven by Sonny Hayes and his young protege.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
The grudge match for the WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship between the champion, Becky Lynch, and her former protege, Lyra Valkyria, is currently scheduled for Night One on Saturday, August 2nd.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
With Julie and Wonders’ Ava Brooks defeating Ray, his homicidal protege is still out there and ready to take revenge in another installment.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 19 July 2025
There are five American women in the last 16 this year, including Hailey Baptiste, the 23-year-old Tiafoe family protege from Washington, D.C.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 1 June 2025
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Chase Coleman's Tiger Capital, Henry Ellenbogen's Durable Capital and the famed Seth Klarman protege, David Abrams, are all major shareholders here, as is Baillie Gifford, one of the earliest institutional investors to build a major position in Tesla.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 26 June 2025
The vote – seen by supporters as an effort to guarantee judges’ autonomy and impartiality – has been embraced by Lopez Obrador’s successor and protege, President Claudia Sheinbaum.
—David Culver, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
The kitchen is helmed by Grise's business partner, Mitch Arens, a former protege of my favorite New Orleans chef, Donald Link.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Condon plays Kate, an engineering brain trust who designs and modifies the vehicles being driven by Sonny Hayes and his young protege.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for protégé
Noun
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The institute includes a medical school, which took in its first students on July 14.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Aug. 2025
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Teachers plan to stand up for their students Like school administrators, teachers expressed their commitment to protect students and their families.—
Rebekah Riess,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Newsom has been the most public champion for partisan redistricting to counter a similar plan in Texas, where Republicans shepherded through their Legislature a map that would redraw districts to eke out another five conservative-leaning seats to give the GOP an advantage in the 2026 midterms.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Ed Kelce told a local Cleveland TV station that the three-time Super Bowl champion proposed about two weeks ago.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Bayh didn’t make any announcements at the dinner, but did show up with two heavyweight supporters: his dad and Mayor Joe Hogsett.—
Hayleigh Colombo,
IndyStar,
19 Aug. 2025
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The coalition of European leaders, all longtime supporters of Ukraine amid its war with Russia, traveled to Washington, DC, as a group to shore up Zelenskyy's position, as Trump continues to push for a peace deal to end the more than three-year-long war.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Protégé.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prot%C3%A9g%C3%A9. Accessed 31 Aug. 2025.
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