How to Use dean in a Sentence

dean

noun
  • She's the dean of the university's business school.
  • That's the job of the dean — and by any means necessary.
    — EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The country is at 29 — and even that isn’t enough, the dean said.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 June 2021
  • Carmichael served as its dean until 1949.
    — Arkansas Online, 2 May 2026
  • Foran forwarded the email to deans in the art college.
    — Uwa Ede-Osifo, Dallas Morning News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The search for the founding dean will start next week, Callahan said.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 28 May 2026
  • Shapiro cannot file a grievance against the dean because he has not been punished.
    — John Hasnas, National Review, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Karen Hutzel, the art college’s dean, signed off on the message.
    — Uwa Ede-Osifo, Dallas Morning News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • In both the book and the movie, Bellini and the dean are friends and allies.
    — Eric Andersson, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Within two weeks, both lost their jobs, along with the dean and department head.
    — Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 31 Dec. 2025
  • My dean had met the student in person in the past, but not recently.
    — Washington Post, 28 June 2021
  • At the top of my inbox was a message from the dean at Mount Sinai.
    — Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
  • However, the dean abuses the substance as a drug, rather than to treat pain.
    — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
  • From there, the cathedral’s dean will lead them on an exclusive tour of the building.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The dean’s list is compiled at the end of the academic year once all grades have been recorded.
    — Rich Heileman, cleveland, 19 Nov. 2021
  • The two women complained to Cole, then the dean of the music school, the next day.
    — Sara Coello, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Holt became a gym teacher, then a dean at high schools in Harlem and the Bronx.
    — Eileen Markey, The New Republic, 10 Jan. 2022
  • Nesbitt has been the interim dean since the end of the spring semester.
    — The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 16 Aug. 2023
  • And then another email from the dean calling me into his office.
    — Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Two of the lawsuits were filed by the deans injured in the East High shooting.
    — Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Three coaches and a dean were also suspended.
    — Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Danielle Lauria joined the college as the new dean of nursing, health and wellness.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Datar, who is starting his first full school year as the HBS dean, can come across that way.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Oct. 2021
  • There was the dean of the business school who was forced out over his handling of workplace misconduct claims.
    — New York Times, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Young, who served as the dean of the House, died on March 19 at the age of 88.
    — Sophie Reardon, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2022
  • And the dean of students, who was in that meeting as well, concluded that the boy did not present a threat to the school.
    — Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 12 Mar. 2024
  • The year Yang switched, the new dean of the media school had the students make a feature-length film based on a play.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 11 June 2025
  • As of March 12, Smith is still listed on the church's website as its dean.
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The student then assaulted the dean, the police spokesperson said.
    — Jacob Factor, The Denver Post, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The three coaches and a dean were later reinstated.
    — Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025

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