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Recent Examples of lifer
Chapek was a Disney lifer who was skilled at running operations, but who struggled to embody the more creative, charismatic leadership that Disney needed.
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Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
The company didn’t name a successor and instead appointed two executives as interim co-CEOs to replace Gelsinger, a former Intel lifer who has been CEO for only three years.
—Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2024
Leyland was among the last of his kind, a baseball lifer who was the son of a factory worker and worked offseason odd jobs to make ends meet during his long tenure as a player and coach in the minor leagues.
—Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 3 Aug. 2024
Gelsinger was a lifer who joined the company at age 18 and spent 30 years on the job, from 1979 to 2009, before returning to lead the company in 2021.
—Sean Hollister, The Verge, 3 Dec. 2024
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Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
The company didn’t name a successor and instead appointed two executives as interim co-CEOs to replace Gelsinger, a former Intel lifer who has been CEO for only three years.
—Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2024
Leyland was among the last of his kind, a baseball lifer who was the son of a factory worker and worked offseason odd jobs to make ends meet during his long tenure as a player and coach in the minor leagues.
—Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 3 Aug. 2024
Gelsinger was a lifer who joined the company at age 18 and spent 30 years on the job, from 1979 to 2009, before returning to lead the company in 2021.
—Sean Hollister, The Verge, 3 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifer
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Discuss the pros and cons of Klonopin and alternative medications for seizures and anxiety to optimize your health.—
Megan Nunn, PharmD,
Verywell Health,
17 Jan. 2025
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Consider the pros and cons of taking a fiber supplement in the morning, afternoon, or evening, and aim to be consistent.—
Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, RDN,
Health,
15 Jan. 2025
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The company also gave itself a five-year target of increasing the number of underrepresented employees, including women, and in the U.S., those who identify as Black, Hispanic and Native American, as well as veterans or those with disabilities.—
Emily Peck,
Axios,
15 Jan. 2025
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According to multiple players, those mistakes weren’t pointed out in film sessions, frustrating at least a few veterans who believed Stefanski wouldn’t criticize Watson in front of the team.—
Jason Lloyd,
The Athletic,
15 Jan. 2025
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But one of the convicts used the slack security measures during rehearsals to plan a bank robbery, which ended up in the murder of two police officers, known as the infamous Malexander shootings of 1999.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2025
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An Idaho woman who participated on the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol has refused a pardon from President Trump and opposed those of other Jan. 6 convicts.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
22 Jan. 2025
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However, the ministry has not differentiated between combatants and noncombatants in its figures.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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That figure does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.—
Kevin Shalvey,
ABC News,
15 Jan. 2025
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Becomes a jailbird at a high-security zoo after he’s caught, with the newest Wallace & Gromit film, Vengeance Most Fowl, finding Feathers, all these years later, hell-bent on getting even with the duo who locked him up.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
6 Jan. 2025
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When Canton jailbird selectman Chris Albert did six months in prison in 1994 for a hit-and-run homicide, who was his lawyer? A. Judge Auntie Bev B. Meatball Morrissey C. Auntie Bev’s brother D. Adam Lally 2.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
14 July 2024
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The composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, that warhorse of English traditionalism, is mentioned six times, and his plangent music—invoking a lost, idyllic England; a greener, more pleasant land—could easily be the novel’s soundtrack.—
Charles McGrath,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2024
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At 33, Watt is young enough not to be tired of even the most familiar rock radio warhorses.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
19 Sep. 2024
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In addition, the executive order calls for the attorney general to block the use of federal funding for medical treatment or procedures for gender transition for prisoners.—
Emily Alpert Reyes,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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Healthcare costs, inefficiencies associated with old buildings and excessive overtime to meet the demands of supervising 150,000 prisoners 24/7 continues to drive expenses.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Two of the inmates who received commutations, Shannon Agofsky and Len Davis, filed petitions to reject the clemency action earlier this month, arguing that accepting it could hinder their appeals.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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Before leaving office, Biden commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 people, including commuting the death sentences of 37 federal death row inmates.—
Kate Linderman,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Lifer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifer. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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