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doyen

noun

ˈdȯi-ən

Definition of doyen

as in veteran

a person with long experience in a specified area considered the doyen of American art critics

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as in dean

the senior member of a group he's the doyen of American museum directors, and his opinion has considerable weight

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Recent Examples of doyen Murray’s focus on tax measures in his quote may dampen expectations that the Labour government is about to improve the high-end TV tax credit, which industry doyens have been calling for for some time now. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2026 Sorkin, Kernen and Quick have been anchoring the show together for the last 14 years, with Kernen serving as the doyen of the group, going to back to its 1995 debut. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025 My first tax boss was Stephen Land, a doyen of the international tax bar in New York, now retired. — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025 These are simple places, sometimes shacks, but all lively and serving great food cooked by formidable doyens, grandmothers such as Lu. — Catherine Fairweather, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for doyen

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The tech giant is donating 130,000 glasses to legally blind US veterans.

— J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026
The hedge fund veteran and Cabinet secretary chose a starting point for his analysis that downplayed the bond market’s reaction to Trump’s presidency.

— Kevin Breuninger,Matt Peterson, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026

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Iger is married to broadcast journalist Willow Bay, a former model who is dean of the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Alexia Rolle, the dean of career and technical education at Miami Dade College, has seen how apprenticeships can change lives.

— Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of dean

Noun

Borges may not be able to see the scenery, but delights in every scrap of local color, to a degree that the American — tasked with describing everything to his elder, in suitably lyrical terms — finds quite wearisome.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 Aug. 2026
One bathroom had no toilet seat and there was no lighting in a stairwell used by elders unsure of their footing.

— Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026

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