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disciple

[dih-sahy-puhl] / dɪˈsaɪ pəl /


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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

Ward considers himself a Boglehead, or a disciple of John Bogle, the Vanguard founder who preached holding index funds and seldom making changes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

She remained in Lagos, Nigeria, to become a disciple when her mother returned to the UK.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025

In Florence, however, Galileo’s disciple Torricelli heard in 1643 of Berti’s experiments and realized that he could simplify matters by using a denser liquid.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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