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as in patriarch
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as in manager
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Recent Examples of gaffer
This could be a great move for him T
Trist H.
· 8h 12m ago
Julio sounds well-motivated by this move and already to have positive rapport with his new gaffer.
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Ali Rampling, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
For example, the gaffer, Thomas Garreau, really found a solution for this quarry shot.
—Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2024
Available for just a day, Ripley and his gaffer, Mathias Peralta, used their own bulbs in the room’s fixtures to allow Peters 360-degree filming.
—Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2024
What if the gaffer had the same assault happen as a child?
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2024
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Ali Rampling, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
For example, the gaffer, Thomas Garreau, really found a solution for this quarry shot.
—Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2024
Available for just a day, Ripley and his gaffer, Mathias Peralta, used their own bulbs in the room’s fixtures to allow Peters 360-degree filming.
—Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2024
What if the gaffer had the same assault happen as a child?
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gaffer
Noun
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Meanwhile, the Duterte patriarch and President Marcos have traded drug use allegations.—
Chad de Guzman,
TIME,
11 Mar. 2025
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Christopher Plummer as Captain von Trapp Plummer played the von Trapp’s rigid patriarch.—
Keith Langston,
People.com,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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People in England — players, managers, fans, media —need to be less sniffy about the under-21s.—
Oliver Kay,
The Athletic,
13 Mar. 2025
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Artists have managers who are their rock, their biggest advocate and a commercial partner who helps build a road map for your success and to set and achieve goals.—
Ethan Millman,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The boss man certainly has a soft spot for the graybeard – and Whitworth literally has a graying beard – who's been so exceptional over the years while protecting quarterbacks Jared Goff and Matthew Stafford, which is only a small part of what he's meant to the Rams.—
Nate Davis,
USA TODAY,
9 Feb. 2022
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Immediately, four dogs bound out of a modest pine log cabin, barking their fool heads off; there's George, a fluffy Newfoundland with a graybeard's tired face; Bunny, an Old English sheepdog; and Shih Tzus Clementine and Bear, the latter of whom cannot and will not be befriended.—
Ashlea Halpern,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Sep. 2021
Noun
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In Season 1, under skipper Rome Kirby, the US came last in the fledgling six-fleet championship.—
Andrew Rice,
The Athletic,
13 Mar. 2025
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There is also an unknown over the futures of skipper Rohit Sharma and talisman Virat Kohli in this format.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Beatty and others instead relied on architectural consultants and old-timers' memories.—
Tyler Buchanan,
Axios,
27 Feb. 2025
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The first 110-mile segment, known to many old-timers as the Bobtail, was built in just 18 months at a cost of $62 million by a tough-as-nails former Fort Lauderdale mayor, Col. Thomas Manuel.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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County supervisors bought into his ongoing call for a total transformation of the local mental health care system, shifting toward crisis centers at a time when many in the community were calling for the immediate construction of new locked units attached to major medical centers.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
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Bass is the sole challenger to Jordan, who was first elected Rich Township supervisor in 2021, in the April 1 election.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Folks back in the day had Yoda as their feisty oldster and the kids now have Maz. 36.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
24 May 2023
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The Duke is the true tale of an eccentric oldster who, in 1961, stole a Francisco Goya painting of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.—
Dallas News,
Dallas News,
28 Apr. 2022
Noun
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So, in light of that, he was asked to explain his role as the steward of the franchise.—
Kevin Acee,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2025
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When the hammer fell, the new steward of this bridge to Motorsport’s most daring age paid $4.295 million.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Gaffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaffer. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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