How to Use dean in a Sentence

dean

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  • She's the dean of the university's business school.
  • In both the book and the movie, Bellini and the dean are friends and allies.
    — Eric Andersson, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Detroit’s dean of the blues is set to be honored with a special summer tribute, including a posthumous key to the city.
    — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 29 May 2022
  • Dozens of students protested his defense of Weinstein and called for his resignation as dean.
    — Ken Auletta, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022
  • Meanwhile, the school’s dean of students retrieved Crumbley’s backpack from the classroom.
    — Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 23 May 2022
  • The Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham today named its new dean, but didn’t have to venture far to find him.
    — al, 26 May 2022
  • Mnookin is wrapping up a seven-year stint as law school dean at the University of California, Los Angeles.
    — Kelly Meyerhofer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 June 2022
  • The letter was sent to more than 20 top law school deans.
    — Erin Mulvaney, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2023
  • However, the dean abuses the substance as a drug, rather than to treat pain.
    — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
  • 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
  • Nesbitt has been the interim dean since the end of the spring semester.
    — The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 16 Aug. 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 plans haven’t been scrapped, but Bill Briggs, the dean of academic affairs, talks about them in the past tense.
    — Matt Krupnick, ProPublica, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Danielle Lauria joined the college as the new dean of nursing, health and wellness.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2023
  • During the 10-minute service, the cathedral’s dean, the sub-dean, and the reverend canon led prayers for the royal couple.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Whitmire assumed office in 1983 and is serving as the dean of the Texas Senate.
    — Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The student then assaulted the dean, the police spokesperson said.
    — Jacob Factor, The Denver Post, 8 Feb. 2024
  • One playoff game, the arena was so packed, the dean of students turned away MC Hammer and his entourage at the door.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024
  • The school connects students to the counseling and health centers or to the care team run by the dean of students office.
    — oregonlive, 25 Sep. 2022
  • There is also the Bill Belichick factor, the dean of all coaches still calling the shots in New England.
    — Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 9 Sep. 2023
  • She was promoted to dean in July 2003, the first woman to hold the position.
    — Zach Everson, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
  • On her way to jail, Iqbal received an e-mail from a dean, written in brusque bureaucratese.
    — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2024
  • The same day, the dean of the law school, Troy A. McKenzie, repudiated the student’s remarks.
    — Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The week before the big dance, Vivian was in biology class dissecting a pig when the dean called her out of class.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 31 May 2023
  • Madeline Ashby was named to the school’s president’s list, and Kaitlin Ashby its dean’s list.
    — cleveland, 6 Aug. 2023
  • People, however, were curious, and the dean charged the faithful to see it.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2024
  • Gay endorsed this as free speech, a hoot since Harvard, during her reign as the dean, seemed to enjoy crushing free speech.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The year in which he was named Fulbright dean was misidentified in Wednesday's edition.
    — arkansasonline.com, 18 July 2024
  • The essay details Haas’ secret year-long affair with the dean and its lasting impact on her.
    — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 12 July 2024
  • This demands a response at the schools and beyond, and some good news on that score arrived this week in a letter from leading law firms to the deans of U.S. law schools.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2023

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