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mentor

[men-tawr, -ter] / ˈmɛn tɔr, -tər /
NOUN
person who advises
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In my old age now, I would love to be more of a mentor and offer a place for the new generation to come up and have some funding and distribution in place.

From Slate Jul. 12, 2026

The previous evening his mentor Marine Le Pen announced she would run for the presidency next year, and not him.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

"One of them was this quite odd category of semaglutide," said David Han, Miller's research mentor and Romo Endowed Professor in the UT San Antonio Department of Statistics & Data Science.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

He likes the direct contact he has with shoppers as a cashier and feels he can act as an effective mentor to other employees, in part because he isn’t their boss.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Bobby’s second, the great Danish player Bent Larsen, who was there to help him as a trainer and mentor, instead criticized his charge, perhaps smarting from the rout he’d suffered at Fischer’s hands in Portorož.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

They have also called for a more diverse teaching workforce and more mentors for those at risk of exclusion.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

He’s been promoted several times at the small company he works at—he’s been earning his own way after college—and says he’s found mentors there and toughened up.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 1, 2026

The students presented the idea to their mentors as well as researcher Darren Baker, Ph.D., whose work focuses on therapies targeting senescent cells.

From Science Daily May 15, 2026

Nike women’s product line manager Alexsandra Del Real and senior technical design manager Michelle Kwak, who served as mentors, introduced an immersive brief to the students.

From Los Angeles Times May 11, 2026

The panelists laugh, and our mentors all respond with a chorus of agreement.

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson




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