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Recent Examples of standard-bearer
But the code red alert reveals a real concern within OpenAI that the $500 billion company could lose its position as the standard-bearer and pacesetter for generative AI technology.
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Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025
The entire hour is a fascinating, glorious middle finger to various forms of bodily shame, and with Tolev stomping around the stage in huge black combat boots and a pleather jumpsuit, female too-muchness gets a new standard-bearer.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, the country remains a standard-bearer for oil, both in business and at the diplomatic negotiating table.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025
His campaign has drawn high-profile endorsements from Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Bernie Sanders, reinforcing his status as the left’s standard-bearer in the race.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
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Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025
The entire hour is a fascinating, glorious middle finger to various forms of bodily shame, and with Tolev stomping around the stage in huge black combat boots and a pleather jumpsuit, female too-muchness gets a new standard-bearer.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, the country remains a standard-bearer for oil, both in business and at the diplomatic negotiating table.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025
His campaign has drawn high-profile endorsements from Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Bernie Sanders, reinforcing his status as the left’s standard-bearer in the race.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for standard-bearer
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After deliberations stretching across three weeks, the Sacramento City Council appointed Tuesday a new leader for a local agency tasked with overseeing public housing.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
18 Feb. 2026
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With Jackson’s death Tuesday, leaders across the region reflected on a legacy that helped shape a generation of local activism and public service — none more so than Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, a close friend for more than five decades.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
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The Chilean filmmaker spent over three years on the film, shooting the recreations as well as interviews with the principals and researching archive.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2026
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Thomas, 42, spoke to the principal and a teacher and was told that the school wouldn’t have the staff to support the students since the party was after school hours.—
Gillian Stawiszynski,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
14 Feb. 2026
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Around this time, a young Israeli national-security official reached the same conclusion and began urging his superiors to organize an internal coup against Assad.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
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But when Commissioner Marty Makary presented that list for sign-off to the Health and Human Services Department, which oversees the FDA, and to the White House in October, his superiors shot it down, the people said.—
Elaine Chen,
STAT,
4 Feb. 2026
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Zuckerberg’s court appearance follows that of Instagram chief Adam Mosseri last week.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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Leading the ticket alongside Magyar are international energy expert Anita Orbán (no relation to the prime minister), whom the party tapped as its prospective foreign policy chief, and former Shell executive István Kapitány, who would fill a senior economy position in a future Tisza government.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Feb. 2026
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Macclesfield manager John Rooney dedicated his team’s amazing win to their former player’s memory as the non-league side’s players continue to be inspired by their late teammate.—
Patrick Snell,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
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One that stood out to Everett Plummer, a manager in the oil division at the time and one of several staffers tasked with investigating the Boarman case, was McCoon 3, an injection well that disposes salty oil field wastewater deep below the earth.—
Nick Bowlin,
The Frontier,
16 Feb. 2026
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The Daily News reached out to the Department of the Interior, the National Park Service, and Amy Sebring, who has direct oversight of the monument as the superintendent of park service sites in Manhattan, for comment.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Heather Campos, assistant superintendent of human resources, presented a proposal to potentially cut over 30 full-time positions and 12 substitute teacher jobs by March, due to what the district said is declining enrollment and budget shortfalls.—
Kyle Martin,
Mercury News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Nor do strongmen have a pristine record as economic stewards.—
Alaa Shahine Salha,
semafor.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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They are no longer seen solely as operators or stewards of capital.—
Alan H.H. Fleischmann,
Time,
13 Feb. 2026
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The result is a surreal and darkly comic tale set inside a decaying industrial wig factory, where workers are pushed into punishing overtime shifts by the manipulative incentives of an exploitative lady overseer.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Feb. 2026
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Otherwise, Claude might conceal its secrets where its overseers would never think to look.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Standard-bearer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/standard-bearer. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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