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protégée

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




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But Ms. Sheinbaum, a protégée of Mr. López Obrador and fellow member of the corporatist Morena party, promised during her 2024 presidential campaign to improve the database’s accuracy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026

When their bus breaks down on the way to a showcase, a troupe of ballerinas led by “Dance Moms” alum and one-time Sia protégée Maddie Ziegler becomes stranded in a remote hotel-bar-dungeon-arms factory outside Budapest.

From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2026

Leading the challenge from the right is former culture minister Rachida Dati, 60, one-time protégée of ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy.

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026

One terrific scene, in which an older Lenny gently corrects a young student’s conducting technique, could be a direct rebuke of his chillier fictional protégée, Lydia Tár.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2023

I see Mrs. Zamick beaming at Ainsley, her protégée.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein

Summers and Bryant said it’s in their best interests to help train aspiring female stunt drivers so that their protégées can lead by example.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2024

While most Florida python hunters are men, Kalil and one of her protégées, Amy Siewe, have proven to be highly effective eradicators.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2022

But it is most poignant for telling a now-familiar story: one of a powerful man and his protégées.

From Economist ● Jul. 4, 2018

The lesson took with one of Ms. Mikulski’s protégées, Senator Patty Murray, the Washington Democrat who joined the Senate in 1993 and rose to become chairwoman of the Senate Budget Committee.

From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2013

In London I’ll be a middle-aged aunt; in Surrey, a niece—my own niece and namesake, who, of her charity, consents to receive some of her auntie’s protégées and give them a good time!”

From The Lady of the Basement Flat by Elizabeth Earnshaw


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