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to be in charge of
she was tapped to quarterback the upcoming gubernatorial campaign
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Recent Examples of quarterback
Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2025
After moving on from Aaron Rodgers last month, the Jets have found their next quarterback.
—Antwan Staley, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2025
Chantz Martin, Fox News, 9 Feb. 2025
Since Wagner, who was John Calipari's starting point guard at Kentucky last season, started quarterbacking the team, there seems to be a different chemistry.
—Wally Hall, arkansasonline.com, 7 Feb. 2025
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Noun
The interesting question now is how the Giants’ free agent quarterback results will impact their draft plans.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2025
After moving on from Aaron Rodgers last month, the Jets have found their next quarterback.
—Antwan Staley, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2025
Verb
Injuries to quarterback Tua Tagovailoa contributed to Hill’s lack of production.
—Chantz Martin, Fox News, 9 Feb. 2025
Since Wagner, who was John Calipari's starting point guard at Kentucky last season, started quarterbacking the team, there seems to be a different chemistry.
—Wally Hall, arkansasonline.com, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarterback
Noun
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This irks their brothers Ness (Scott MacArthur,), the team's general manager, and Sandy (Drew Tarver), its chief financial officer.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
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Other alternative manager companies also struggled amid the economic uncertainty.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The Trump administration has denied in court papers that intends to abolish the agency completely, arguing that some of its functions are continuing, but Reuters on Monday reported top officials at the consumer agency have not allowed staff to resume supervising financial companies.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA TODAY,
5 Mar. 2025
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General billed Medicare and other government insurers for surgeries performed by Harvard medical trainees without proper oversight because supervising surgeons were working in another operating room.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Smith said he was made aware of the plan during a meeting with the commander of U.S. Northern Command, Gen. Gregory M. Guillot.—
David Catanese,
Miami Herald,
28 Feb. 2025
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Special ops commanders say America is struggling to keep up with adversaries in the technological field Rear Adm. Milton Sands III, Maj. Gen. Peter Huntley, Lt. Gen. Jonathan Braga and Lt. Gen. Michael Conley urged Congress to take action to help U.S. troops advance.—
Rachel Wolf,
Fox News,
27 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The change now comes as Abbott’s administration has shifted its relationship with the federal government since Trump took office after years of Abbott publicly rebuking how the Biden administration handled the nation’s borders.—
Anna Giaritelli,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Mar. 2025
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In the Oval Office on March 6, Trump was asked what department or agency would handle student loans if the Department of Education was dismantled.—
Rebecca Schneid,
TIME,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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
Verb
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Ali is overseeing a challenge to Mr. Trump's 90-day pause on foreign assistance brought by a group of nonprofits and businesses that receive foreign aid funding and argue the freeze is an unconstitutional exercise of presidential power.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2025
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Simone Swink will oversee all Good Morning America branded shows, a change as GMA and GMA3 had previously operated separately, with Cat McKenzie as EP of the spinoff show.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Ilya Shapiro, a senior fellow and director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank, is also a staunch free speech proponent.—
Tovia Smith,
NPR,
3 Mar. 2025
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Soho House’s chief art director, Katie Bryan, has helped grow the collection, which decorates its 45 international venues, by bartering memberships for artworks.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
3 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Edwards signed a two-year deal with the Chargers last offseason and was due to command $4.25 million of the salary cap.—
Thuc Nhi Nguyen,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2025
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The way their needs stack up, they may be tempted to spend free-agency dollars, premium draft capital or both on positions that typically do not command such resources.—
Parker Gabriel,
The Denver Post,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Quarterback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarterback. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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