boardman

noun

Definition of boardmannext
as in officer

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  1. officer
  2. official
  3. commissioner
Noun
  • Police told the person to drop their weapon, but the individual pointed it at officers.
    Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Two other leaders — the lead state committeewoman, Grace Carrington, and the recording secretary, Aude M.L. Sicard, were reelected, along with five new officers.
    Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of officer
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  • Ahead of the aerospace company are more ground tests and potential modifications to the vehicle to remedy its propulsion system woes and prepare it for routine spaceflight, NASA officials have said.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Cottage Grove officials are handling the environmental review of the project to assess the potential for environmental impacts.
    Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of official
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  • Investigators hail crucial role of public in finding person of interest Tisch, the police commissioner, said the tip from the McDonald's employee in Thompson's slaying is the third recent case in which the public has helped police.
    Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
  • But, under Atkins, a conservative lawyer who served as an S.E.C. commissioner during George W. Bush’s Administration and who now co-chairs the Token Alliance, a crypto lobbying group, the agency’s ongoing lawsuits and other cases would presumably be put on hold.
    John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of commissioner
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“Boardman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boardman. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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