as in elder
the senior member of a group
the dean of the Aspen ski instructors oversaw the training of the rescue team
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Recent Examples of dean
David Allison, the dean of the public-health school at Indiana University-Bloomington and an obesity researcher who, along with Peter Attia, has advised Rahal, frames it differently.
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Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
Attendees include the dean of the College of Cardinals, select members of the pope's family, and senior officials from the Vatican's health department.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
After a week of rallies, boycotts and protests, the students of Gallaudet University triumph as the hearing president resigns and beloved dean Dr. I. King Jordan becomes the university’s first Deaf president.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2025
Seidel and the university’s board of trustees, which met just before Wright was terminated as dean, have denied that his demotion was in retaliation for his refusing to transfer the funds.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
Attendees include the dean of the College of Cardinals, select members of the pope's family, and senior officials from the Vatican's health department.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
After a week of rallies, boycotts and protests, the students of Gallaudet University triumph as the hearing president resigns and beloved dean Dr. I. King Jordan becomes the university’s first Deaf president.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2025
Seidel and the university’s board of trustees, which met just before Wright was terminated as dean, have denied that his demotion was in retaliation for his refusing to transfer the funds.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dean
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This diminishing of the sandwich generation’s own financial security could have very far reaching effects, not only for their own retirement plans down the road but for their own children as well, the legacy of the family elders who need long term care.—
Carolyn Rosenblatt,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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The survey revealed Gen Z plans to embrace a more traditional mindset than their millennial elders in many ways.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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The veteran actress reinforced her romantic bonafides in the starry ensemble movies Think Like a Man and Think Like a Man Too (2014) while finding a home on TV in Being Mary Jane (2013–2019).—
EW.com,
EW.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Drake Baldwin thriving in role Rookie catcher Drake Baldwin’s role has been reduced since veteran Sean Murphy returned from the injured list, but Baldwin is excelling in his opportunities to catch a couple of times a week and also DH or pinch hit occasionally.—
David O'Brien,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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The newcomers to their abode are Jerry, a hunky Mormon flight attendant (Bomer), and Arthur, a haughty fashion doyen recently fired from Vogue (Graham).—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2025
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The as-yet-untitled series will feature the two doyens of British comedy along with newer names like Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Lara Ricote, Stevie Martin, and Krystal Evans (all pictured).—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2025
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Lowden plays River like a stoic fool, the serious novice to Gary Oldman’s sloppy elder statesman.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2025
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As Hip-Hop continues to progress and evolve, some of the genre’s elder statesmen have lost their connection or understanding of the landscape.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
21 Jan. 2025
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There is no way a state can begin to make up for the cuts to federal funding, the cuts that Donald Trump has made to education, to health care, food for kids, heating assistance for seniors.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 Apr. 2025
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Key insights for retirees These are essential items for some seniors, second only to food and shelter, said Yehuda Tropper, CEO of Beca Life Settlements, a company that assists in selling life insurance policies for cash.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Dean.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dean. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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