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
Listen to this article Charles Rangel, dean of New York’s Congressional delegation and the first African-American to chair the House Ways and Means Committee, died Monday.
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Daily News Staff, New York Daily News, 26 May 2025
Parsons and Jaquez both declined to say whether any deans or coaches faced any discipline.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 23 May 2025
National Dems boost Moore’s budget message; state Dems focus on Hogan
Johns Hopkins selects new dean of public health after global search
READER POLL: Who gave the best commencement speech?
—Karl Merton Ferron, Baltimore Sun, 29 May 2025
In addition to investigating allegations of drinking with students, Hiestand was tasked with investigating claims of harassment between two parties: the coaches and deans accused of partying with students and a teacher who reported them.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 23 May 2025
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Daily News Staff, New York Daily News, 26 May 2025
Parsons and Jaquez both declined to say whether any deans or coaches faced any discipline.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 23 May 2025
National Dems boost Moore’s budget message; state Dems focus on Hogan
Johns Hopkins selects new dean of public health after global search
READER POLL: Who gave the best commencement speech?
—Karl Merton Ferron, Baltimore Sun, 29 May 2025
In addition to investigating allegations of drinking with students, Hiestand was tasked with investigating claims of harassment between two parties: the coaches and deans accused of partying with students and a teacher who reported them.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dean
Noun
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Columnist Steve Lopez asks: If people taking care of our elders get deported, will anyone take their place?—
Kevinisha Walker,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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Every day of inaction is an act of aggression against the system that protects our elders from poverty and indignity.—
Teresa Ghilarducci,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
Noun
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But the past couple of years have seen the team replace veterans with younger alternatives who offer greater positional versatility.—
Jeff Rueter,
New York Times,
8 June 2025
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Alex Caruso, one of the team’s veterans, was a bench guy, until he was tasked with defending Nikola Jokić during the Thunder’s series against the Denver Nuggets, and did about as good a job as anyone has ever done of shutting Jokić down.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
8 June 2025
Noun
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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 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
Noun
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Knoblauch leaned into his nuclear option of McDavid and Leon Draisaitl in the second but had to rotate in wingers Evander Kane and Viktor Arvidsson to spell off elder statesman Corey Perry.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
New York Times,
15 June 2025
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Rap’s next generation is carving out its own lane, despite the genre’s elder statesmen begrudgingly lending co-signs.—
Christopher Claxton,
Billboard,
25 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The organizations range from seniors and veterans groups to students, educators, local neighborhoods, and more.—
Jeryl Brunner,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Museum admission is $15 adults; $12 seniors and $7 students (through age 22 with a valid student ID).—
Kari Barnett,
Sun Sentinel,
6 June 2025
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“Dean.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dean. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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