as in dean
the senior member of a group
as the grizzled nestor of American film critics, he greatly influences what other reviewers write
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While Witherspoon, 48, was absent from Sunday's event, Aniston, who wore a strappy maroon dress, was joined by her costars including Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Jon Hamm, Nestor Carbonell, Karen Pittman, and Tig Notaro.
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Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 3 June 2024
Infrequently, Mira Sorvino and Nestor Carbonell pop their heads in the door to play the concerned but enabling parents.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 8 May 2024
In this seminar, HAI Research Manager Nestor Maslej offers highlights from the 2024 report, explaining trends related to research and development, technical performance, technical AI ethics, the economy, education, policy and governance, diversity, and public opinion.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 May 2024
Miami’s offense, meanwhile, mustered just two hits in eight innings against Yankees starter and Hialeah native Nestor Cortes — with both of those hits coming from Bryan De La Cruz.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
Knight and McGee head in to check it out and are momentarily startled to see a human-sized green-skinned alien, which turns out to be a dummy belonging to another dummy: Galactic Watch Society radio operator Nestor Quinn (Tommy Snider).
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 1 Apr. 2024
Lefties Nestor Cortes and Carlos Rodón will lead the rotation after injuries and poor performance derailed their 2023 campaigns.
—Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
Hoping for bounce-back performances from Nestor Cortes and Carlos Rodon.
—Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024
The leftist governments of Nestor Kirchner and his wife, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, in the early 2000s advanced Argentina’s historical reckoning.
—Isabel Debre, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Mar. 2024
Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 3 June 2024
Infrequently, Mira Sorvino and Nestor Carbonell pop their heads in the door to play the concerned but enabling parents.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 8 May 2024
In this seminar, HAI Research Manager Nestor Maslej offers highlights from the 2024 report, explaining trends related to research and development, technical performance, technical AI ethics, the economy, education, policy and governance, diversity, and public opinion.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 May 2024
Miami’s offense, meanwhile, mustered just two hits in eight innings against Yankees starter and Hialeah native Nestor Cortes — with both of those hits coming from Bryan De La Cruz.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
Knight and McGee head in to check it out and are momentarily startled to see a human-sized green-skinned alien, which turns out to be a dummy belonging to another dummy: Galactic Watch Society radio operator Nestor Quinn (Tommy Snider).
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 1 Apr. 2024
Lefties Nestor Cortes and Carlos Rodón will lead the rotation after injuries and poor performance derailed their 2023 campaigns.
—Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
Hoping for bounce-back performances from Nestor Cortes and Carlos Rodon.
—Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024
The leftist governments of Nestor Kirchner and his wife, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, in the early 2000s advanced Argentina’s historical reckoning.
—Isabel Debre, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Mar. 2024
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“Nestor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nestor. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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