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Recent Examples of standard-bearer
But as Tuesday night showed, the Crusaders – and the rest of the WCAL – still have a ways to go to catch the league’s unquestioned standard-bearer.
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Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2025
It has since been used as a standard-bearer across virtually all organizations, whether private, state, labor, education, and so on.
—Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Jan. 2025
The liberal Democratic Party is struggling to seize the political moment, and its standard-bearer is facing controversies of his own.
—John Delury, Foreign Affairs, 27 Jan. 2025
Bitcoin has evolved to become a bridge between the cryptocurrency world and traditional finance, while Monero has emerged as the standard-bearer for the original cypherpunk vision of private, censorship-resistant digital money.
—Boaz Sobrado, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2025
It has since been used as a standard-bearer across virtually all organizations, whether private, state, labor, education, and so on.
—Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Jan. 2025
The liberal Democratic Party is struggling to seize the political moment, and its standard-bearer is facing controversies of his own.
—John Delury, Foreign Affairs, 27 Jan. 2025
Bitcoin has evolved to become a bridge between the cryptocurrency world and traditional finance, while Monero has emerged as the standard-bearer for the original cypherpunk vision of private, censorship-resistant digital money.
—Boaz Sobrado, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for standard-bearer
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In a mid-January poll by Nanos, the Liberals trailed the opposition Conservatives and their leader Pierre Poilievre 47% to 20%.—
Rob Gillies,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2025
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The protests have been slamming Tesla CEO Elon Musk — de facto leader of the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE — over his spearheading of the Trump administration’s government jobs- and funding-slashing agenda.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
9 Mar. 2025
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Zaim is the current U.S. Consulting Leader and former national managing principal of the Advisory practice.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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The 47-year-old, who changed his name to Ye, has agreed to conditional settlements this week with former assistant principal Isaiah Meadows and teachers Cecilia Hailey, Chekarey Byers, and Timanii Meeks, who all sued West in 2023.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
7 Mar. 2025
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Strict hierarchies—In traditional Japanese companies, employees are expected to respect their superiors, making quitting a face-to-face process riddled with guilt.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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On Tuesday, Denise Cheung, who oversaw the office’s criminal division, abruptly resigned after declining a request from superiors in the Justice Department to freeze assets of a government contractor, saying there was insufficient evidence to do so.—
Alan Feuer,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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Still, the mayor and her police chief maintain that state control does not necessarily reduce crime.—
Jeremy Kohler,
ProPublica,
27 Feb. 2025
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Typically, board members don’t sit in on bargaining sessions, as the district chief negotiates collective bargaining agreements on their behalf.—
Nell Salzman,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 2025
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However, earlier this week, Browns general manager Andrew Berry insisted the team is not interested in trading the star defensive end.—
Ryan Morik,
Fox News,
28 Feb. 2025
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Morale at the agency is extremely low, the source said, as staff are crying in meetings and managers are trying to reassure their employees during a time of great uncertainty.—
Jenna McLaughlin,
NPR,
28 Feb. 2025
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Long Beach’s towing and lien sales superintendent, Robert Givens, said the city averages about 200 auction sales each month.—
CalMatters,
The Mercury News,
5 Mar. 2025
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The same day the Miami Herald and The Tributary published its investigation into the Miami-Dade school district’s school bus safety program, superintendent Jose Dotres issued a memo addressing criticism of the program.—
Clara-Sophia Daly,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2025
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Tension between Amazon and the stewards of 007 has reportedly been simmering for years.—
Eliana Dockterman,
TIME,
3 Mar. 2025
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Before her death in 2021, Rogers’ wife Joanne served as the primary steward of Rogers’ legacy, as the chair emerita of Fred Rogers Productions and the honorary chair of the Fred Rogers Institute.—
Makena Gera,
People.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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Hawke plays Samuel Murphy who, after the death of his wife, is imprisoned in a labor camp run by Clancy, an unscrupulous overseer (Crowe).—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Feb. 2025
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There are offensive-minded guys and defensive-minded guys and bright play callers and sharp overseers.—
Dan Wiederer,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Jan. 2025
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“Standard-bearer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/standard-bearer. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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