company man
Example Sentences
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Park says he started developing the project as an American film about 20 years ago, so he didn’t think of casting Lee as the middle-age company man at its center.
From Los Angeles Times
With so much time spent clawing at his imagined future, Man-su loses sight of the company man title from his past.
From Salon
Henry, in tweed suits and suitably nebbishy glasses, feels more like a company man than his two colleagues.
From Los Angeles Times
Unlike Scott, Tillman worked in corporate office roles prior to becoming an actor and landing his breakthrough role as company man Milchick.
From BBC
He's described as a "company man - an institutional champion who's privately embraced the draconian tactics of an antiquated and often vicious institution".
From BBC
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