Examples of mentor in a Sentence
Noun
After college, her professor became her close friend and mentor.
He needed a mentor to teach him about the world of politics.
We volunteer as mentors to disadvantaged children.
young boys in need of mentors
Verb
The young intern was mentored by the country's top heart surgeon.
Our program focuses on mentoring teenagers.
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Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 4 June 2025
Here are just a few ideas that are at less risk of AI disruption, based on passion and skill profiles:
Communicative mentors, consider teaching
Many states offer teacher certification and residency programs that allow people to work as educators while completing their certification requirements.
—Rebekah Bastian, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
These include: 1) the incumbent in the job; 2) the retiree, who becomes emeritus and an advisor, and 3) the person in training who is being mentored by both of the others.
—Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
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Noun
Steve Carell plays Randall Garrett, the group’s Peter Thiel-esque mentor who, not unlike the late Steve Jobs, has cancer that his doctor tells him is incurable.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 4 June 2025
Here are just a few ideas that are at less risk of AI disruption, based on passion and skill profiles:
Communicative mentors, consider teaching
Many states offer teacher certification and residency programs that allow people to work as educators while completing their certification requirements.
—Rebekah Bastian, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
Verb
Ramon also encouraged his workers to advance at Barragan’s or mentored them about how to branch out on their own.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
These include: 1) the incumbent in the job; 2) the retiree, who becomes emeritus and an advisor, and 3) the person in training who is being mentored by both of the others.
—Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
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“Mentor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mentor. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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mentor
1 of 2 noun
men·tor
ˈmen-ˌtȯ(ə)r 
ˈment-ər
: a wise and faithful adviser or teacher
mentor
2 of 2 verb
: to serve as a mentor for : tutor
a volunteer who mentors students
Geographical Definition
Mentor
geographical name
Men·tor
ˈmen-tər
city in northeastern Ohio northeast of Cleveland population 47,159
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