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protégé

[proh-tuh-zhey, proh-tuh-zhey] / ˈproʊ təˌʒeɪ, ˌproʊ təˈʒeɪ /


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But Mr. Abrams brings something unique to the job: He is the highest-profile protégé of Michael Tilson Thomas, a seven-time music director of this festival.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

Backstage, the British star was full of praise for his protégé.

From BBC Jun. 10, 2026

Deborah famously tried to muzzle Ava a few times, only to back off when she realized that by hurting her protégé, she was wounding herself.

From Salon May 29, 2026

Venegas’ close friend and protégé, Natalia Lafourcade, also appears in the duet “Tengo Que Contarte.”

From Los Angeles Times May 11, 2026

From the start Constantin guessed I wasn't any protégé of Mrs. Willard's.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

Does Druckenmiller have any other protégés out there that we should be paying attention to?

From Barron's Feb. 2, 2026

Since taking power in 2012, Xi has packed the leadership with loyalists, sidelined subordinates who owed their rise to predecessors and even cashiered some of his own protégés.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 23, 2025

The way Chua’s clerkship placement system operated was to move around law protégés like chess pieces that accrued the most power to the Chua system.

From Slate Jul. 29, 2024

Indeed, there are now three Sarkozy protégés in government: Ms Vautrin, Ms Dati and Mr Darmanin.

From BBC Jan. 12, 2024

“This is not a question for the microscope,” one of his protégés wrote—a sly barb directed at Bateson, Morgan, and de Vries.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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