company man

noun

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Recent Examples of company man When asked by Robinson about the Heat's team-building intentions during the offseason, Adebayo was a company man, keeping word mum. — Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025 With that in mind, and a lack of serious options at the moment, the decisions to appoint two company men, Rosenior and Fletcher — albeit in different circumstances — is more understandable than in previous years. — Michael Cox, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026 The 58-year-old Bergman is a company man, having joined back in 1996, and is regarded as sharp and skilled at overseeing a portfolio that includes Marvel, Pixar, Walt Disney Animation and Lucasfilm. — Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2025 After appearing as supercilious EPA company man Walter Peck in Ghostbusters, Atherton completed his trilogy of goofy comedies with Real Genius (1985) and Bio-Dome (1996). — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for company man
Recent Examples of Synonyms for company man
  1. parasite
  2. sponge
  3. apparatchik
  4. yes-man
  5. leech
Noun
  • Zach Raff, an assistant professor of agricultural and resource economics at NC State, previously told the Observer the parasite poses low risk to North Carolina as long as infected animals are quarantined.
    — Eva Flowe July 2, Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2026
  • It is caused by eating or drinking food contaminated with either bacteria, viruses, parasites or a harmful toxin.
    — Sheah Rarback, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
Definition of parasite
Noun
  • Allow the solution to work for at least five minutes and, again, starting at the top of the door, scrub with a sponge.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 28 June 2026
  • Scrub the grates with an old rag or abrasive dish sponge and rinse well.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 27 June 2026
Definition of sponge
Noun
  • However, Pratt, who has signed up for a reality series following his campaign, also has attracted MAGA support from the likes of James Woods, ex-Kennedy Center chief and apparatchik Richard Grenell and Brian Glazer, which doesn’t exactly help his claims.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 May 2026
  • Jared Harris is superb as Soviet nuclear scientist Valery Legasov, who helps convince apparatchik Boris Shcherbina (Stellan Skarsgard) that the situation is sufficiently grave that it can’t be covered up.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 14 May 2026
Definition of apparatchik
Noun
  • The first, Jim O’Neill, is a biotech entrepreneur who lacks a degree in medicine or public health and was widely seen as a yes-man for Kennedy.
    — Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
  • During the rollout of ChatGPT’s GPT-4o model in 2025, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman agreed with X users that the chatbot had a problem with being a yes-man.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2026
Definition of yes-man
Noun
  • The lightning-fast process leeches out flavor and compromises textures, and can produce bland, mushy results.
    — Emily Saladino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 June 2026
  • The fact is that leeches are relished by everything from walleyes and bass to trout and all the panfish.
    — Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
Definition of leech

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“Company man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/company%20man. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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