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mentor

[men-tawr, -ter] / ˈmɛn tɔr, -tər /
NOUN
person who advises
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I learned from a successful mentor that you can get a lot of things right, but if you don’t get the major trend right, it’s for naught.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

In his handwritten letter, Havens was asking for a free subscription to the journal and a mentor.

From Slate • May 2, 2026

In addition to her career, Jimenez has served as a mentor in a State Bar program that provides oversight and guidance to provisionally licensed lawyers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

While he acknowledged the Labour veteran was a "confidant", who he went to for advice, he insisted: "I didn't regard him as my mentor."

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

The next morning he went to see the man he had long considered his mentor, Louis Austin.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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