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mentor

[men-tawr, -ter] / ˈmɛn tɔr, -tər /
NOUN
person who advises
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The Scotland midfielder says he's been doing a bit of that in training, a mentor but also a taskmaster for the youngsters in the squad, such as teenagers Tyler Fletcher and Findlay Curtis.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 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

Chess.com’s Mr. Rensch had even adopted the role of a mentor, encouraging Mr. Niemann to clean up his act.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Certainly, Collins replaced Carmine Nigro as Bobby’s mentor after Nigro moved to Florida in 1956, the year that Bobby and Collins met.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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