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mentor

[men-tawr, -ter] / ˈmɛn tɔr, -tər /
NOUN
person who advises
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In McGinn, they have the best mentor they could possibly have, a player with fire and class and belief, a leader who's waited his entire career for weeks like these.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Sanchez, a 57-year-old congressman draws on the rural background of his mentor, former president Pedro Castillo, a schoolteacher jailed after a failed attempt to dissolve Congress in 2022.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

Then their main producer and White’s mentor, Charles Stepney, suddenly died in 1976.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

An older retreat attendee who is acting as a mentor stands at the stove, scrambling eggs for the group’s breakfast.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

With Mauve as a mentor right there, and his old boss, Tersteeg, in town, he will be near people who, like Theo, and unlike his parents, understand art.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman




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