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protégé

[proh-tuh-zhay, proh-tuh-zhay] / ˈproʊ təˌʒeɪ, ˌproʊ təˈʒeɪ /


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After his former protégé, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, said the U.S. would double repurchases of long-term bonds when they hit a previous peak, star hedge-fund manager Stanley Druckenmiller cried foul in The Wall Street Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Southern postmasters thus continued to withhold antislavery periodicals, with the tacit approval of Jackson protégé Kendall.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

But Mr. Abrams brings something unique to the job: He is the highest-profile protégé of Michael Tilson Thomas, a seven-time music director of this festival.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

Deborah famously tried to muzzle Ava a few times, only to back off when she realized that by hurting her protégé, she was wounding herself.

From Salon ● May 29, 2026

Davenport did not attend the 1912 meeting, but his protégé Bleecker Van Wagenen, the young president of the American Breeders’ Association, gave a rousing presentation.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Except for Mr. Ehrlich and the saxophonist and composer Tim Berne, Hemphill had few protégés.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Does Druckenmiller have any other protégés out there that we should be paying attention to?

From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026

Uganda's current junior chess champion, 19-year-old Jovan Kasozi - one of Mr Katende's protégés - has also been hit.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2025

The way Chua’s clerkship placement system operated was to move around law protégés like chess pieces that accrued the most power to the Chua system.

From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2024

“This is not a question for the microscope,” one of his protégés wrote—a sly barb directed at Bateson, Morgan, and de Vries.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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