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disciple

[dih-sahy-puhl] / dɪˈsaɪ pəl /


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Ive, Apple’s design chief and a longtime Jobs disciple, departed Apple in 2019, reportedly frustrated with the company’s heavy focus on operations.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026

Back home, Pulte’s circle included another Coe disciple, a Michigan business leader named Mike Timmis, who facilitated Fellowship mission work known as Cornerstone Development in Uganda.

From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026

He is a disciple of lean management techniques developed in Japan that focus on collaboration and continuous improvement.

From Barron's ● May 7, 2026

The judge notes that Mr. Hegseth relies on “the well-established doctrine” that members of the military enjoy less rigorous First Amendment protection given the need for military order and disciple.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026

This was a piece that was well known to the young Debussy, who revered Liszt as a disciple, and who was honoured to be able to play for him in person in 1888.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

It and “The Faithful” join “The Chosen,” the story of Jesus and his disciples now in its fifth season, along with “Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints,” a Fox Nation production.

From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2026

We are called to be missionary disciples who go out and make disciples.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

The basilica -- located in Vatican City, the world's smallest state -- contains the tomb of St Peter, one of the 12 disciples of Jesus Christ and the first pope.

From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026

“We’ve always been fans and disciples of this institution.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2026

After all, Goddard promised his disciples anything a human heart could desire, in exchange for the complete abdication of one’s conscience.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

“I mean, we’re being taught and discipled by so many other communities outside the church, that we’re being malformed in many ways.”

From Washington Times ● Sep. 2, 2021

“They’re often being discipled by the blogosphere and by the latest, greatest celebrity,” Prior told me.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 8, 2019

The other is slower, slope-shouldered & discipled, backgrounded by a blandished brain.

From Unmanned by Stephen Oliver

He preached, he taught, he "discipled" in every form then reasonable and possible, and in the fullest sense of his Master's missionary charge.

From Life of William Carey by George Smith

We begin to talk also of many other things concerning the discipled natives.

From Life of William Carey by George Smith

“The church needs to do a better job in discipling these celebrities when they become interested in the teachings of Jesus Christ,” Fisher said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2022

About a third of Americans do freelance work, according to a study commissioned by the Freelancer’s Union, and rating systems are extremely effective at organizing and discipling them.

From The Verge ● Oct. 28, 2015

Hammered by defectors and opponents, the Boston Church admits some disciplers may have gone too far and says it will "readjust" its discipling practices.

From Time Magazine Archive

Our Lord's command was world-embracing in its extent; it was a discipling of all nations; it was a call to be witnesses unto the uttermost parts of the earth.

From India's Problem, Krishna or Christ by John P. (John Peter) Jones

Love's discipling touch that seems at the moment like anger is only for a moment.

From Quiet Talks on Service by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon




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