1
as in veteran
a person with long experience in a specified area
considered the doyen of American art critics
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2
as in dean
the senior member of a group
he's the doyen of American museum directors, and his opinion has considerable weight
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Recent Examples of doyen
Watching these doyens of programming create Go was like seeing Scorsese, De Niro, and Pesci reunite for The Irishman.
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Sheon Han, WIRED, 23 Sep. 2024
In another expansive move, The Mediapro Studio, the content arm of Grup Mediapro, has acquired Fresco Film, the doyen of Spanish production service companies.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 26 July 2024
Biden’s fundraiser, hosted by fashion journalism doyen Wintour, cost $1,000 each for tickets.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 13 June 2024
Court filings have revealed that in 2017, business planners at ExxonMobil—the doyen of international oil and gas firms—were already assuming a tax on carbon dioxide emissions in the OECD countries of $60 per metric ton by 2030.
—Andrew S. Erickson, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2021
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Sheon Han, WIRED, 23 Sep. 2024
In another expansive move, The Mediapro Studio, the content arm of Grup Mediapro, has acquired Fresco Film, the doyen of Spanish production service companies.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 26 July 2024
Biden’s fundraiser, hosted by fashion journalism doyen Wintour, cost $1,000 each for tickets.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 13 June 2024
Court filings have revealed that in 2017, business planners at ExxonMobil—the doyen of international oil and gas firms—were already assuming a tax on carbon dioxide emissions in the OECD countries of $60 per metric ton by 2030.
—Andrew S. Erickson, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doyen
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Kevin Jiang was a 26-year-old Yale graduate student, an Army veteran, and, his friends say, a man of faith who volunteered with the homeless.—
Emma Steele,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2025
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Landing Vincent could give them another veteran for the playoffs and a capable ball-handler.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
26 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement The muted showing for streamers overall reflects changing strategies at some of these companies, as awards contenders — or even winners — haven’t always translated to subscription boosts, said Stephen Galloway, dean of Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts.—
Samantha Masunaga,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Diaz-Balart, a Miami-Dade Republican and dean of the Florida Congressional Delegation, is the new committee vice chair and continues as chair of the subcommittee for national security, the State Department and related programs.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Jan. 2025
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Therefore the products offered to their parents’ generation is not suitable for this generation of elders.—
Sara Zeff Geber, PhD,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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On New Year's Eve, families often join together for dinner as people offer sacrifices to ancestors and pay respect to their elders.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Doyen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doyen. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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