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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.
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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
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
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Remington, the other student found civilly liable in the wrongful death case, was the only one to be criminally charged.—
Tresa Baldas,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2025
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In the first semester, the students are divided into teams, given a challenge, and tasked with coming up with a plan.—
Shelley Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Super Bowl champion Eagles are visiting the White House.—
Kasey Caminiti,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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Bell 2, Garfield 0: Defending City champion Bell is starting to find its pitching just in time to win the battle for first place in the Eastern League.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Nevertheless, supporters are calling the Texas law a major win for the school choice movement.—
Kayla Jimenez,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
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Led by Pereira, Wolves’ players and staff joined hands, formed a line, walked towards their supporters and raised their hands in the air three times to initiate three loud cheers from the stands.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
3 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 9 May. 2025.
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