company men

noun

plural of company man
as in apparatchiks

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  1. apparatchiks
  2. parasites
  3. yes-men
  4. sponges
  5. leeches
  6. hangers-on
  7. satellites
Noun
  • Xi’s brand of resentful nationalism, meanwhile, comes with a strong anti-American streak, and security apparatchiks see CIA spies everywhere.
    — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The group ventriloquized the voices of authority—parents, school principals, cops, military officers, judges, politicians, newscasters, Soviet apparatchiks—and turned them into expressions of mass insanity.
    — Andrew Katzenstein, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026
Definition of apparatchiks
Noun
  • Cyclospora and Christopher Nolan's nearly three hour adaptation of The Odyssey have something in common - parasites.
    — Ava Berger, NPR, 30 July 2026
  • During a Supreme Court hearing in May, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant appeared to compare some unemployed young people entering media, activism and other professions to cockroaches and parasites.
    — Penny Abeywardena, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of parasites
Noun
  • High-profile right-wing accounts that previously served as yes-men for Musk—such as Ian Miles Cheong, a Malaysian who purportedly lives in the United Arab Emirates and posts incessant, racist drivel about American politics—have melted down over the platform’s decision to dox users.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Is her team currently full of yes-men high on her supply?
    — Bianca Davino, Refinery29, 7 Oct. 2025
Definition of yes-men
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  • Spicules are tiny needle-like structures derived from silica-rich marine sponges, corals or plants, or made synthetically, that create microscopic channels in the skin to help deliver active ingredients more deeply.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 27 July 2026
  • Spicules are microscopic, needle-like structures — sourced from marine sponges, silica-rich corals, certain plants or synthesized in a lab — suspended in serums and creams.
    — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of sponges
Noun
  • The lightning-fast process leeches out flavor and compromises textures, and can produce bland, mushy results.
    — Emily Saladino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 June 2026
  • The fact is that leeches are relished by everything from walleyes and bass to trout and all the panfish.
    — Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
Definition of leeches
Noun
  • Iyanla Vanzant, the program’s host, chided Holmes for squandering much of her fortune, buying properties and paying allowances to hangers-on.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 28 June 2026
  • And among the security staff, assorted suits and other hangers-on, the money promised to the players disappeared.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 17 June 2026
Definition of hangers-on
Noun
  • SpaceX's Starlink satellites made over 355,000 collision avoidance maneuvers throughout the past year, with each satellite now dodging debris and other spacecraft on an almost weekly basis.
    — Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 15 July 2026
  • The more a workload requires coordination or synchronization between satellites, the more satellite-to-satellite latency becomes an issue.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026
Definition of satellites
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