mentors

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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

Kinnan reflects how the program’s mentors gave students the freedom to make their designs their own: “They would say: We see Nike clothes every day; take it into a more high-fashion sphere.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Trite little verbal tidbits repeated by parents, grandparents, mentors and coaches burrow into your psyche and weave their way into an entire philosophy on how to live life.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026

My mentors in these matters were not lazy; they just understood that there are few or no rewards for heroic performance.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich