as in favorite
a person or thing that is preferred over others
most of the top appointments went to the new governor's personal minions and political cronies
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Recent Examples of minion
Besides being massively ignorant, Musk and his minions are drunk on ideology.
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Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
Through their minions in the media, in Big Pharma, and woke teachers manipulating their children's minds, these elites hold an iron grip on society.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Kristen Amanda Smith and Mary Rose Brendel, as Regina’s minions, stay sympathetic too, thanks to strong comic timing and the ability to convey their characters’ insecurities through the laughs.
—Matthew J. Palm, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2025
Small medieval villages are demolished in the wake of hell’s minions pouring forth from their dimension and into the next.
—Kazuma Hashimoto, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
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Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2025
Through their minions in the media, in Big Pharma, and woke teachers manipulating their children's minds, these elites hold an iron grip on society.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Kristen Amanda Smith and Mary Rose Brendel, as Regina’s minions, stay sympathetic too, thanks to strong comic timing and the ability to convey their characters’ insecurities through the laughs.
—Matthew J. Palm, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2025
Small medieval villages are demolished in the wake of hell’s minions pouring forth from their dimension and into the next.
—Kazuma Hashimoto, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for minion
Noun
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My personal favorite was the giant prawns, served with corn and chojang.—
Susmita Baral,
Travel + Leisure,
7 June 2025
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This cookie, made with a deliciously crispy exterior of cornflakes, has a perfectly sweet interior thanks to maraschino cherries—a forever childhood favorite.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
7 June 2025
Noun
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Harley has become something of a darling in the wake of his success at the 4 Nations Face-Off, and after eating massive minutes with Heiskanen out injured.—
Max Bultman,
New York Times,
1 June 2025
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LuPone is the darling of Broadway, her standout turns as Eva Perón in Evita and Rose in Gypsy paving the way for an illustrious career onstage and near-constant run-ins with her stage-sharers.—
Raven Smith,
Vogue,
28 May 2025
Noun
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Tuesday's Live moment recalled a 2023 instance on the show where fill-in cohost Anderson Cooper was compared to pets live on the air, with the program offering up side-by-side shots of the CNN journalist and a small dog named — no joke — Cooper Anderson.—
Joey Nolfi Published,
EW.com,
3 June 2025
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On June 1, a dog owner was walking her two pets in Steamboat Springs when she was attacked by a mama moose, officials said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2025
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“Minion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minion. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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