under the tutelage of (someone)
idiom
formal
—used to say who a person is taught something by
He studied music under the tutelage of his father.
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The whisky was distilled way back in 1940 at the Speyside distillery, but it was put into a Gordon & MacPhail American oak cask (Cask 336 to be exact) by George Urquhart and his father, John, who managed the business under the tutelage of founders James Gordon and John Alexander MacPhail.
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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 24 July 2025
At the time, Chassay was best known as part of the casting team for Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban, learning under the tutelage of casting director Jina Jay.
—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 30 May 2025
Set in the late 2010s in West Belfast’s Gaeltacht Quarter, the film follows teenagers Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh and Naoise Ó Cairealláin, who, under the tutelage of their former IRA member father, Arlo (played by none other than Michael Fassbender), embrace the Irish language as an act of rebellion.
—Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Food was not a friend in a generation of women in her industry who starved themselves under the tutelage of the studio system.
—Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 27 June 2025
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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 24 July 2025
At the time, Chassay was best known as part of the casting team for Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban, learning under the tutelage of casting director Jina Jay.
—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 30 May 2025
Set in the late 2010s in West Belfast’s Gaeltacht Quarter, the film follows teenagers Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh and Naoise Ó Cairealláin, who, under the tutelage of their former IRA member father, Arlo (played by none other than Michael Fassbender), embrace the Irish language as an act of rebellion.
—Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Food was not a friend in a generation of women in her industry who starved themselves under the tutelage of the studio system.
—Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 27 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for under the tutelage of (someone)
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“Under the tutelage of (someone).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20the%20tutelage%20of%20%28someone%29. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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