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veteran

[vet-er-uhn, ve-truhn] / ˈvɛt ər ən, ˈvɛ trən /




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David Quessenberry is a nine-year veteran, but he played as a full-time starter only once — in 2021 — and has not started a game in the last two seasons.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

The company looked to assure investors that another change in management won’t be too much of a disruption, as interim CFO Day is a longtime company veteran.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Bezos is co-CEO of the new company along with Vik Bajaj, a Google veteran and former healthcare founder and investor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Dahlia also speaks with Andrew Weissmann, law professor at New York University and a veteran federal prosecutor, about President Trump’s latest nomination for attorney general and the state of the $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

And yet Ken still struggled with what veteran spies called "seeing ghosts," the psychological habit of believing that you are being watched by the enemy.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau




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