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Recent Examples of standard-bearer
Intel was once the standard-bearer for semiconductors for computers, servers and other electronics.
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Steve Kopack, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2025
The strategic question is who emerges as the campaign’s standard-bearer?
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
At a moment of change both within fashion and outside it, Vogue must continue to be both the standard-bearer and the boundary-pushing leader.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
The 2028 presidential election will also give Democrats a chance to shake up how the next standard-bearer is chosen after losing the White House and control of Congress in 2024.
—Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2025
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Steve Kopack, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2025
The strategic question is who emerges as the campaign’s standard-bearer?
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
At a moment of change both within fashion and outside it, Vogue must continue to be both the standard-bearer and the boundary-pushing leader.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
The 2028 presidential election will also give Democrats a chance to shake up how the next standard-bearer is chosen after losing the White House and control of Congress in 2024.
—Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for standard-bearer
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The president worked with Gifford Pinchot—the US Forest Service’s first leader—on a publicity campaign in this realm, and came to appoint a commission in 1903 that held public hearings and investigations the president knew would grab headlines.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Nov. 2025
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Sustainable transformation isn’t achieved by a mandate; instead, it’s driven by leaders who focus on people first.—
Feon Ang,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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More than half of states now have some form of school cellphone ban enshrined in law, and about two-thirds of school principals reported in a recent RAND survey that their schools have an all-day cellphone ban in place.—
Silas Allen,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Nov. 2025
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Balloon payments of the outstanding principal and interest would be due at maturity for both notes.—
Joseph Flaherty,
Arkansas Online,
10 Nov. 2025
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In Göring's cell, with his superiors pressuring him to find out what the Nazi figurehead might say on the stand, Kelley asks the military commander what drew him to Hitler.—
NPR,
NPR,
11 Nov. 2025
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That simple reaction, rooted in empathy, quickly became a point of conflict with her superiors.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
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Sources said Turness, the BBC News chief, was blocked by the board from making a statement, a turn of events that is said to have left her furious.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
10 Nov. 2025
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According to the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Purvis was a Union Army surgeon and later surgeon-in-chief at Freedman's Hospital.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Nov. 2025
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For example, when a manager gives feedback to a team member, Cisco's learning platform will combine that feedback with other data points, such as the employee's skills profile, to generate personalized learning recommendations.—
Kelly Jones,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Jerry Weintraub was Frank Sinatra’s manager, as well as a major Hollywood producer making big-budget movies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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In that role, Ruszkowski will oversee turnaround efforts in Fort Worth ISD, including directing or possibly overruling actions of the superintendent and other district leaders.—
Silas Allen,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Nov. 2025
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Darienne Driver-Hudson served as superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools during Sain's tenure as school board president.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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However, the complaint claims neither Carnival’s cabin stewards nor the housekeepers ever took any action.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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In making Lin and Grady co-stewards, Sequoia is returning to the successful formula last employed when partners Michael Moritz and Doug Leone served as co-stewards.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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And Hudnell confirms that his club would be happy to maintain any sort of memorial approved by the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC), the de facto overseer of all 2,200 miles.—
Grayson Haver Currin,
Outside,
30 Oct. 2025
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The trials were conducted by BAE Systems and the ship’s staff, and activity was monitored by SDA and Ministry of Defence naval architects and overseers.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Standard-bearer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/standard-bearer. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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