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Recent Examples of protégé
Carter was a protege of Patrick Roy, having been an assistant at Inglewood and St. Paul.
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Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025
Nemkov, a protege of MMA legend Fedor Emelianenko, Nemkov is coming off a February 2024 win over PFL heavyweight Bruno Cappelozza.
—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
Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025
Nemkov, a protege of MMA legend Fedor Emelianenko, Nemkov is coming off a February 2024 win over PFL heavyweight Bruno Cappelozza.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for protégé
Noun
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Seven years after King’s speech, my father and his siblings were among the first students bussed out of their neighborhood in Memphis to a majority-White public school as the city finally integrated its public school system decades after the Supreme Court’s mandate.—
Essence,
Essence,
15 Feb. 2025
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Additionally, the school’s library will feature books authored by Russell to inspire future generations of students.—
Andy Scholes,
CNN,
15 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Dave Roberts, manager of the World Series champion Dodgers, meet Andy Wise, your high school baseball counterpart at Corona High.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 2025
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When the race was suspended, defending champion William Byron was leading the pack under caution flags.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
16 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Still, some Trump supporters are eager for a tougher approach.—
Joel Rose,
NPR,
8 Feb. 2025
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While many Americans believe that Washington’s bureaucracy is inefficient and even wasteful, government programs also have their strong supporters.—
Henry Gass,
The Christian Science Monitor,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Protégé.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prot%C3%A9g%C3%A9. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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