How to Use mentor in a Sentence
- He needed a mentor to teach him about the world of politics.
- After college, her professor became her close friend and mentor.
- We volunteer as mentors to disadvantaged children.
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Try to talk to her about this as a mentor.
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R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
11 Mar. 2026
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The right mentor cuts years off that curve.
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Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
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So your mentors, like your life, will change over time.
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Big Think,
1 Apr. 2026
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Then Zas made an odd shout out to his own mentor.
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Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
6 May 2026
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The voices of my mentors told me what to do.
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Emily Meg Weinstein
september 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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Most of them were looking for a mentor.
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Kansas City Star,
7 Oct. 2025
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His mentor was known for throwing pans and plates.
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ABC News,
14 Mar. 2026
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For once, the younger brother gets to be the mentor.
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Melissa Lockard,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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He's been a mentor and a friend and just a hero of mine always.
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Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Sep. 2025
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Mentees become mentors to those who are younger than them.
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Essence,
24 Oct. 2025
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His mentor is always on his mind.
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Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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That’s how much Poole meant to them as a mentor and as a friend.
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Josh Robbins,
New York Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Find a mentor from other teams.
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Sho Dewan,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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And peer mentors are heaven-sent.
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Raynee Howell,
Oklahoma Watch,
9 Feb. 2026
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Yu Darvish has become a friend and a mentor to you.
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Annie Heilbrunn,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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In a world that often tells girls to shrink, mentors teach them to take up space.
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Emily Green,
Boston Herald,
14 Mar. 2026
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Brady is an ideal coach to help mentor Ward.
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Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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Its aim is to mentor writers, as Lewis did.
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Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
28 Sep. 2025
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In the leadership and care phase, your role is that of a mentor.
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Rodney C. Adkins,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2026
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Pete was a legend, some said, and a mentor to many.
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Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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All of us need mentors at different times and places.
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Rolling Stone Culture Council,
Rolling Stone,
8 Oct. 2025
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Rivers has been a mentor to Allen, and the two remain close.
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John Wawrow,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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What is the key to a great mentor, mentee — always a funny word.
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Big Think,
1 Apr. 2026
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Bear, who has now been sober for four years, became a parent mentor.
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Raynee Howell,
Oklahoma Watch,
9 Feb. 2026
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That goes for colleagues and mentors later in life, too.
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Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
21 Apr. 2026
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Tubbs has described Phillips as a mentor.
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Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
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All of these continue to serve her well as a chef, mentor, and home cook.
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Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Sep. 2025
- The young intern was mentored by the country's top heart surgeon.
- Our program focuses on mentoring teenagers.
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Kyle always stood there and tried to mentor me.
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Jeff Gluck,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
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In the retiree who mentors a child.
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Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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Charles met with some of the children who are mentored there.
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Emma Caughlan,
NBC news,
30 Apr. 2026
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Ford said Downing was easy to mentor.
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Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2026
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Top minds in research and libraries in their fields mentored her.
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Clarence Williams,
Washington Post,
27 Dec. 2023
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Their union taught him much about the value of mentoring.
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Taylor Batten,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Mar. 2026
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The man gets his exiled nephew a job on Wall Street and mentors him.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2026
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Through it all, the showrunner mentored him on all aspects of getting those episodes done.
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Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
13 Mar. 2026
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Jack has mentored, challenged, and inspired many of our leaders.
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Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
15 Oct. 2025
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The friendships — from bullpen brothers to vets who mentored me along the way — those bonds last a lifetime.
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Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2026
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Caleb was mentored by Bo Caleb couldn’t be prouder of his big brother.
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Skyler Trepel,
PEOPLE,
17 Jan. 2026
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Freeland mentored students for more than 25 years.
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Stacy St. Clair,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Aug. 2025
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Wood is excited about the chance to mentor up-and-coming teammates.
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Haley Smilow,
The Mercury News,
15 Feb. 2024
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David dreams that Hale will mentor him and goes so far as to tell people that Hale is his mentor.
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Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
8 Jan. 2026
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Where are the podcasts on building houses and mentoring kids?
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Malaika Jabali,
Essence,
31 Dec. 2023
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Aunt Lydia orders Agnes to mentor her.
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Anthony D'alessandro,
Deadline,
27 May 2026
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Knipfel taught her in class, coached her in cheerleading and mentored her as a teaching assistant.
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Jenna Ebbers,
Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2026
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Employees are not just staff members; they are nurtured, mentored, and given room to grow.
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Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
22 Aug. 2025
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His mentoring efforts so far have mostly been further down the ballot.
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Peter Slevin,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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In some cases, a far more veteran backup is signed to mentor a young starter — such as a rookie first-round pick.
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Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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The agency gave the go-ahead for mentoring programs and even hiring targets.
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Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
1 June 2026
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There’s also a chance Decker sticks around another year to mentor him.
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The Athletic Nfl Staff,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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She's spent more than a decade mentoring future engineers.
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Donald Fountain,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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He was also asked to mentor fourth-round pick Lathan Ransom.
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Mike Kaye
january 8,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Jan. 2026
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The judges will mentor their acts over the course of the season in hopes of earning bragging rights should one of their selections win.
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Rick Porter,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Sep. 2023
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Plus, Mathieu said, the Chiefs could use someone who can mentor the team’s wide receivers.
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Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
23 Feb. 2026
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Summit would also benefit from another dog in the house who can mentor him.
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Maryanne Dell,
Oc Register,
9 May 2026
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He was mentored under some pretty similar coaches, and so that's just his style of coaching.
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CBS News,
20 Feb. 2026
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