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as in veteran
a person with long experience in a specified area
considered the doyen of American art critics
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as in dean
the senior member of a group
he's the doyen of American museum directors, and his opinion has considerable weight
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In the final pages of issue number two, legendary Englishman Nicky Haslam, a doyen of the interiors world, shares his ultimate party etiquette, honed over a lifetime of attending the most fabulous parties ever thrown discreetly behind closed doors.
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Freya Drohan, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2024
Pat Thomas and Mariam Rezaei Thomas, a doyen of experimental piano, first heard Rezaei play a solo DJ set.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
Perhaps not coincidentally, Hollywood horror doyen Jason Blum himself gave the BoulderLight co-chieftains his personal seal of approval in 2019.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2025
Theatre doyen and Lightroom founder Nicholas Hytner addressed the crowd assembled for the premiere of Inventing the Runway in King’s Cross on Thursday night, flanked by Anna Wintour, Mark Guiducci, Chioma Nnadi, and Cate Blanchett, who narrates the 50-minute exhibition.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 29 Nov. 2024
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Freya Drohan, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2024
Pat Thomas and Mariam Rezaei Thomas, a doyen of experimental piano, first heard Rezaei play a solo DJ set.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
Perhaps not coincidentally, Hollywood horror doyen Jason Blum himself gave the BoulderLight co-chieftains his personal seal of approval in 2019.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2025
Theatre doyen and Lightroom founder Nicholas Hytner addressed the crowd assembled for the premiere of Inventing the Runway in King’s Cross on Thursday night, flanked by Anna Wintour, Mark Guiducci, Chioma Nnadi, and Cate Blanchett, who narrates the 50-minute exhibition.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 29 Nov. 2024
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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
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Twenty-two a day has been a call-to-action statistic, although the most recent data from the 2024 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report (using 2022 numbers) puts it at 17.6 veterans committing suicide per day, which is significantly higher than among non-veteran adults.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2025
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The argument that Trump has violated the 10th Amendment is a clever subversion of a line of thinking that has traditionally been backed by conservative judges, said Erwin Chemerinsky, the dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law.—
Laura J. Nelson,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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Pesticides are unique among chemicals, though, says Melissa Perry, an environmental epidemiologist and dean of George Mason’s College of Public Health.—
Matt Fuchs,
Time,
5 June 2025
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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
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“Doyen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doyen. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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