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Recent Examples of protégé
Nemkov, a protege of MMA legend Fedor Emelianenko, Nemkov is coming off a February 2024 win over PFL heavyweight Bruno Cappelozza.
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Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Shih, the expert on Chinese elite politics, said many dictators, from former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin to Mao, have eventually turned against their own proteges.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
Renato Moicano Makhachev, a protege of ex-UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, (26-1) has compiled a 15-1 record with the UFC, racking up 10 finishes (seven submissions, three knockouts) and five decisions.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Brown’s ability to recruit as a Kirby Smart protege leads me to believe this isn’t the ceiling.
—Manny Navarro, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
After winning the championship for a third time, Storm took Mariah May under her wing as her protege.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
The series spends a lot of time this season setting up Henry Muck’s web of influence — his newspaper-owning uncle Alexander, investor godfather Otto, and their Tory protege Aurore Adekunle — and inching him along the failson path toward government service.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
The commanding but soft-voiced executive was a 6-foot-4 former basketball player, White House insider, corporate lawyer and protege of New York governor and U.S. vice president Nelson Rockefeller.
—Stephen Galloway, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Dec. 2024
Karate Kid: Legends, which released its trailer Tuesday, follows protege Li Fong, played by Ben Wang, who moves to New York with his mother after being uprooted from his Beijing home.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2024
Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Shih, the expert on Chinese elite politics, said many dictators, from former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin to Mao, have eventually turned against their own proteges.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
Renato Moicano Makhachev, a protege of ex-UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, (26-1) has compiled a 15-1 record with the UFC, racking up 10 finishes (seven submissions, three knockouts) and five decisions.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Brown’s ability to recruit as a Kirby Smart protege leads me to believe this isn’t the ceiling.
—Manny Navarro, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
After winning the championship for a third time, Storm took Mariah May under her wing as her protege.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
The series spends a lot of time this season setting up Henry Muck’s web of influence — his newspaper-owning uncle Alexander, investor godfather Otto, and their Tory protege Aurore Adekunle — and inching him along the failson path toward government service.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
The commanding but soft-voiced executive was a 6-foot-4 former basketball player, White House insider, corporate lawyer and protege of New York governor and U.S. vice president Nelson Rockefeller.
—Stephen Galloway, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Dec. 2024
Karate Kid: Legends, which released its trailer Tuesday, follows protege Li Fong, played by Ben Wang, who moves to New York with his mother after being uprooted from his Beijing home.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for protégé
Noun
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And district officials said counseling and support services were provided to help students and staff deal with what happened.—
Elgin Courier-News,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
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Williams would show up at a high school in his dress uniform and pick out the most charismatic student.—
Dexter Filkins,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Andrew co-op, which includes wrestlers from Sandburg and Stagg, won the team title with 245 points behind seven champions — Jade Hardee (100), Tatum De La Vega (105), Sophia Figueroa (115), Saja Bader (120), Alyssa Keane (135), Nola Oben (155) and Emma Akpan (190).—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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Many esports professionals start out their careers as teenagers, and these gaming houses ensure organizations like G2 can safeguard them properly while also nurturing their talent and preparing them to be champions.—
Issy van der Velde,
Rolling Stone,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Andrew Taake, 36, was serving a 6-year sentence in a Colorado prison when President Donald Trump pardoned him and 1,500 other MAGA supporters for seizing the Capitol in protest of his 2020 election defeat.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
28 Jan. 2025
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And, bolstered by supporters, the mom was indeed successful in getting the Alabama Supreme Court to issue an administrative order excusing breastfeeding people, per local news outlet, KFYR-TV.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Protégé.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prot%C3%A9g%C3%A9. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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