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a person (especially a man) who agrees with everything that someone says; a person who supports the opinions or ideas of someone else in order to earn that person's approval
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Recent Examples of yes-man
The first, Jim O’Neill, is a biotech entrepreneur who lacks a degree in medicine or public health and was widely seen as a yes-man for Kennedy.
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Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
During the rollout of ChatGPT’s GPT-4o model in 2025, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman agreed with X users that the chatbot had a problem with being a yes-man.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2026
If Warsh came to be regarded as a yes-man for Trump, that would be very negative for the dollar.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2026
Is her team currently full of yes-men high on her supply?
—Bianca Davino, Refinery29, 7 Oct. 2025
The appointment of a ‘yes-man’ at the head of the Fed (Kevin Hassett fits this role much more than the other leading candidate Kevin Warsh), will likely spur resistance within the institution, and across the regional Fed banks whose presidents help to make up the rate setting committee.
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Unlike the broad and more public validation that social media provides from getting likes, one-on-one conversations with chatbots can feel more intimate and potentially more convincing — not unlike the yes-men who surround the most powerful tech bros.
—Parmy Olson, Twin Cities, 23 July 2025
Forcing out Powell and replacing him with a 'yes-man' sends a message that the U.S. economy is just another arm of the White House.
—Jesus Mesa
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
During the rollout of ChatGPT’s GPT-4o model in 2025, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman agreed with X users that the chatbot had a problem with being a yes-man.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2026
If Warsh came to be regarded as a yes-man for Trump, that would be very negative for the dollar.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2026
Is her team currently full of yes-men high on her supply?
—Bianca Davino, Refinery29, 7 Oct. 2025
The appointment of a ‘yes-man’ at the head of the Fed (Kevin Hassett fits this role much more than the other leading candidate Kevin Warsh), will likely spur resistance within the institution, and across the regional Fed banks whose presidents help to make up the rate setting committee.
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Unlike the broad and more public validation that social media provides from getting likes, one-on-one conversations with chatbots can feel more intimate and potentially more convincing — not unlike the yes-men who surround the most powerful tech bros.
—Parmy Olson, Twin Cities, 23 July 2025
Forcing out Powell and replacing him with a 'yes-man' sends a message that the U.S. economy is just another arm of the White House.
—Jesus Mesa
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yes-man
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Aniello, who directed both bookend episodes, replicates her own long, dynamic shot from the series premiere, which tracks Deborah from the closing joke of her zillionth Vegas set, through a backstage warren of minions and admirers, to her dressing room.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
29 May 2026
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Your president and his minions spread war, chaos, lies and economic instability.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Last month, senior Moscow officials attended the inauguration of a war memorial complex in Pyongyang, where soldiers fighting for Russia were honored and a message from Putin was read aloud.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
5 June 2026
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Four Israeli soldiers have been killed in Gaza since the ceasefire.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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Its adherents promote terrorism and sabotage to incite a race war and to bring about social collapse.—
Odette Yousef,
NPR,
27 May 2026
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And most of today’s Esperanto adherents are neither naïve nor even particularly batty.—
Katie Thornton,
Harpers Magazine,
26 May 2026
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Trump’s worried sycophants probably know that the details of an eventual agreement likely do not matter very much at this point.—
Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
25 May 2026
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Instead of holding events around Los Angeles to convince skeptics that his mayoral campaign is for everyone, the former reality television bad boy has bunkered himself inside an echo chamber of sycophants, friendly podcasters and milquetoast media outlets.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
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