as in vet
a person with long experience in a specified area
as a veteran of overseas travel, she gave us solid advice about planning our trip
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as in skilled
having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor
a veteran teacher who mentors new teachers
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Recent Examples of veteran
Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2025
Rod is an industry veteran with a proven history of critical and commercial success, including BioShock Infinite, Gears of War, and Diablo.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 19 Aug. 2025
Which is how these two veterans of the 24-hour news cycle — and now friends — ended up co-producing The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox.
—Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2025
But what if all those Instagram and TikTok icons knew how to teach Hollywood veterans how to get an edge in being hired to create all that award-winning work?
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Formats industry veteran Nina Etspüler is joining BBC Studios Germany to launch a dedicated comedy and reality genre label.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2025
Rod is an industry veteran with a proven history of critical and commercial success, including BioShock Infinite, Gears of War, and Diablo.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 19 Aug. 2025
Which is how these two veterans of the 24-hour news cycle — and now friends — ended up co-producing The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox.
—Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2025
But what if all those Instagram and TikTok icons knew how to teach Hollywood veterans how to get an edge in being hired to create all that award-winning work?
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for veteran
Recent Examples of Synonyms for veteran
Noun
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The Succession vet serves as an executive producer, alongside writer/creator Megan Gallagher (Wolf, Suspicion).—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
14 Aug. 2025
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Fiona Begg brings the cat to the vet, left; and right, Lucky Chance makes his recovery in the clinic.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The team must be skilled in rigorous experimentation to enable translation of data into meaningful insights.—
Mohit Agrawal,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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That third party might be a therapist, a religious leader or a friend who is skilled at remaining neutral and asking questions.—
R Eric Thomas,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Working in unprepared landscapes puts firefighters' lives at risk, said Alexander Held, a senior expert in fire management at the European Forest Institute, adding authorities should prepare by creating buffer zones and clearing combustible vegetation.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
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Dealing with rising costs and a pursuit of experiences and self-care are taking precedence over long-term financial planning, experts observed.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Then hire an experienced professional—maybe two—to own them outright.—
Chad Willardson,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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According to the study, all participants were highly experienced, and AI was the only modifiable factor among them.—
Thomas Westerholm,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Acting as a host of sorts, the art aligns with the gracious, skilled, and highly trained dining professionals – who are diligently preparing for guests hours before meal service, taking notes and reading carefully, like students at elite university.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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But for Michael and John Burns, success has always been about more than building businesses, but instead creating spaces where Black professionals can exhale, connect, and be themselves, while building bridges back to Africa.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Among other findings: that Chinese models are catching up to American ones, that corporations are getting on board with AI investment, and that LLMs are becoming more adept at clinical diagnosis.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Newcastle have become adept at delivering open-play crosses to the back post.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Here are more Denver old-timers preserving the city’s culinary and cultural past while inching toward the future, in alphabetical order.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
13 Aug. 2025
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Inside, the multi-generational crowd united old-timers, who may well have been at some of the Dead’s first Golden Gate Park gigs decades ago with kids and young adults catching live Grateful Dead music for the first time.—
Eric Renner Brown,
Billboard,
4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The story follows Winston Smith, a skillful worker rewriting history in the Ministry of Truth, who starts to look back fondly on the days before the Party took over the region of Oceania and implemented their cult of personality devoid of free thought and individuality.—
Robert English,
EW.com,
30 July 2025
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But the game's structure also allows skillful and/or impatient players to zip to the game's conclusion quite quickly, rushing through the visually inventive bosses that guard the game's major chokepoints.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
16 July 2025
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“Veteran.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/veteran. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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