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Recent Examples of company man
There has always been the late-night-host workaround, from Johnny Carson to David Letterman to Jon Stewart, but over the last 20 years, the networks have favored company men for their high-profile hosting gigs.
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Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2024
Barkley then fired back on X, accusing Barber of being a company man for the team.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2024
After appearing as supercilious EPA company man Walter Peck in Ghostbusters, Atherton completed his trilogy of goofy comedies with Real Genius (1985) and Bio-Dome (1996).
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 28 Sep. 2023
Charles Martinet, the Nintendo company man who has voiced English-language Mario since 1991, is-a retiring from doing the Mario voice.
—Vulture, 21 Aug. 2023
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Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2024
Barkley then fired back on X, accusing Barber of being a company man for the team.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2024
After appearing as supercilious EPA company man Walter Peck in Ghostbusters, Atherton completed his trilogy of goofy comedies with Real Genius (1985) and Bio-Dome (1996).
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 28 Sep. 2023
Charles Martinet, the Nintendo company man who has voiced English-language Mario since 1991, is-a retiring from doing the Mario voice.
—Vulture, 21 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for company man
Noun
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Karen Parker provides support and medical attention to migrants in the mountains, such as treating broken ankles, cuts and parasite wounds.—
Eugene Garcia,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Jan. 2025
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This brood parasite survives in an ant colony by eating dead insects and ant larvae.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Just squeeze a quarter-size amount of the product onto the back of your hand and tap the product onto your face with your finger, sponge (like a Beautyblender), or brush for the most natural finish that won't settle into fine lines.—
Annie Blackman,
Allure,
2 Feb. 2025
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Featuring a soft sponge, high-density brush, and metal pen tip, it’s made to effortlessly clean earphones and AirPod cases, smartphone holes and divots, and camera lenses.—
R29 Team,
refinery29.com,
29 Jan. 2025
Noun
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But his theory seemed to mirror the temperament of Deng, who, for all his reformist tendencies, was a ruthless apparatchik.—
Chang Che,
The New Yorker,
21 Dec. 2024
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The latest iteration of Venezuela’s long-running crisis began after the head of the National Electoral Council, a Maduro apparatchik, declared him the victor on July 29th, with fifty-one per cent of the vote to forty-four per cent for González.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
The New Yorker,
12 Sep. 2024
Noun
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Imagine this group of hangers on and yes-men (and women) working with Trump on a national or international crisis.—
Frederic B. Hill,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Dec. 2024
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But if each of those assistants turns into a yes-man, then users run the risk of getting bad information because consensus will be reached too quickly.—
Paolo Confino,
Fortune,
14 Oct. 2024
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Russell adeptly balances tones as the movie careens from L.A. celebrity portrait to an eerie character study of a desperate parasocial leech who still deserves our compassion anyway.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
1 Feb. 2025
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People are going to bail on the subscription model like a dog shaking off leeches.—
Ron Hart,
SPIN,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Company man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/company%20man. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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