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Recent Examples of legman
To sidestep the reservation scrum, particularly at a hundred and fifty of the city’s buzziest restaurants, a new squad of businesses, tech impresarios, and digital legmen has sprung up, offering to help diners cut through the reservation red tape, for a price.
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Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2024
As a young legman, whose job was to file notes to senior reporters, Bernstein was at the White House when Kennedy’s coffin was returned in the early-morning hours after his assassination.
—Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2022
Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2024
As a young legman, whose job was to file notes to senior reporters, Bernstein was at the White House when Kennedy’s coffin was returned in the early-morning hours after his assassination.
—Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for legman
Noun
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But Meghan had her issues with servants, Quinn reported.—
Martha Ross,
The Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2025
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So what about your upbringing in Kansas City and your education in Kansas City led you on the path to become such a community servant?—
Mará Rose Williams,
Kansas City Star,
27 Jan. 2025
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These are directives issued by a president to subordinates in the executive branch, instructing them to undertake some activity or restricting them from doing so.—
Charlie Savage,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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While the Supreme Court ruled in a very broad decision last term that the President has absolute immunity for official actions, that ruling does not apply to his subordinates throughout the executive branch.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
24 Dec. 2024
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There are letters and gifts given to the house’s maids, butler and gardener.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
9 Feb. 2025
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Latinos’ vulnerability is particularly evident in wealthier areas like Pacific Palisades, where many commute daily for household roles such as maids, housekeepers and home health aides.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA TODAY,
29 Jan. 2025
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The station, an auxiliary of Sacramento State, in a civil lawsuit filed last month is seeking $900,000 in damages from former general manager Jun Reina and for his 4,500-square-foot West Sacramento home to be placed in a trust.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacramento Bee,
10 Jan. 2025
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The Civil Air Patrol is an auxiliary of the US Air Force and nonprofit organization.—
Michelle Watson,
CNN,
23 Nov. 2024
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At the time of his firing, Sanchez was president of the Orland Park Police Supervisors Association, a bargaining unit separate from patrol officers that represents police sergeants and lieutenants in the department.—
Mike Nolan,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2025
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Musk and his lieutenants at DOGE are carrying out an unprecedented effort to reduce federal spending, moving through agencies and personnel offices and recommending that thousands of civil servants be reclassified, and in some cases, fired.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
5 Feb. 2025
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This not only affects individual livelihoods but also deprives corporations of the diverse perspectives and innovative ideas that Asian-American employees bring to the table.—
John Wang,
New York Daily News,
2 Feb. 2025
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The employees worked in multiple offices across the agency and included civil rights attorneys, public relations and IT specialists, people who helped students defrauded by colleges and others, according to Brittany Holder, a spokesperson for the American Federation of Government Employees.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA TODAY,
2 Feb. 2025
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Don't bet on Trump paying the underling's fine, and that $1,000 a day could add up to well over $1,000,000 before Trump leaves office.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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This is not an image of himself as Kier Eagan, but of Kier in blackface to appease a useful Black underling.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2025
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Corbet and others in the cast and crew also succumbed; Corbet’s assistant had to follow him around with an IV bag hung on a clothes hanger.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2025
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Once an applicant applies through Chipotle’s digital system, Boatwright continued, the AI assistant asks them initial questions and schedules an interview with the general manager.—
Julie Coleman,
CNBC,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Legman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legman. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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