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Recent Examples of commissioner
The order, which has been in the works for weeks and will be signed after the agency’s workforce was basically cut in half, will be signed at a White House ceremony attended by several Republican governors and state education commissioners.
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Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
President Donald Trump’s first months back in office have had a limited direct effect on Mecklenburg County government, but county commissioners are still concerned about what the administration’s policies could mean in the long term.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 19 Mar. 2025
That’s especially pressing now as Trump on Tuesday fired the two Democratic FTC commissioners, another of his outlier moves and a step into uncharted territory.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2025
The selection committee consists of 12 athletic directors or conference commissioners from across Division I. Its chair: Bubba Cunningham, who, cough-cough, happens to be the AD at North Carolina.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
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Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
President Donald Trump’s first months back in office have had a limited direct effect on Mecklenburg County government, but county commissioners are still concerned about what the administration’s policies could mean in the long term.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 19 Mar. 2025
That’s especially pressing now as Trump on Tuesday fired the two Democratic FTC commissioners, another of his outlier moves and a step into uncharted territory.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2025
The selection committee consists of 12 athletic directors or conference commissioners from across Division I. Its chair: Bubba Cunningham, who, cough-cough, happens to be the AD at North Carolina.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commissioner
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Last year, the state passed a law allowing parents, guardians or school superintendents to waive the 30-hour work week limit for 16- and 17-year-olds during the school year.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Richly paid superintendents often retire with multimillion-dollar lifetime pension benefits.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
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Maryland will hire a new athletic director, and that person will have the chance to decide what kind of department the state’s flagship university should have.—
Childs Walker,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Mar. 2025
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Alex Adams, the governor’s former budget chief and director of Health and Welfare since June, was appointed to a position in the Trump administration on Tuesday, according to a news release.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
27 Mar. 2025
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For example, Joel Montalbano, the space agency’s deputy associate administrator for the Space Operations Mission Directorate, addressed the matter after Williams and Wilmore splashed down off the coast of Florida.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2025
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At the same time, with fewer experienced administrators on staff, industry influence over regulatory decisions will likely only grow stronger.—
Simon F. Haeder,
The Conversation,
31 Mar. 2025
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Even historically celebrated geniuses like Albert Einstein or Steve Jobs benefited immensely from working in fields that were fertile with change, ripe for disruption, and full of hard-working builders, makers, managers, and workers.—
Mark Nevins,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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Most significant, though, was the presence of Egil Olsen, a manager derided as a dinosaur at the time but who looks, in hindsight, an awful lot like a pioneer.—
Rory Smith,
The Athletic,
22 Mar. 2025
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The plane was registered to U.S. Bank executive Terry Dolan, the company confirmed Sunday.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2025
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As more Americans take on international roles, stock options have become a key part of the expatriate executive’s compensation package, especially when working for foreign employers.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.D.,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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County supervisors bought into his ongoing call for a total transformation of the local mental health care system, shifting toward crisis centers at a time when many in the community were calling for the immediate construction of new locked units attached to major medical centers.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
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Usually, the only way to identify these individuals is through irregularity reports submitted by test supervisors.—
Scott White,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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This transparency paradox suggests that rather than banning privacy-enhancing tools outright, regulators could explore solutions that balance individual privacy with oversight mechanisms designed to flag and track illicit activity.—
Becca Bratcher,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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After the two former regulators finished urging lawmakers to back tougher consumer protection regulations, the Senate Judiciary Committee debated the hidden fees measure.—
Seth Klamann,
The Denver Post,
20 Mar. 2025
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All signs point to Rothman staying on as chairman of Sony Entertainment Pictures’ Motion Picture Group for the foreseeable future, even if a deal extending his contract hasn’t yet been announced, multiple sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Mar. 2025
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Levy is currently an advisory director at General Atlantic, after stepping down in January 2025 as the firm’s co-president and chairman of global technology.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Commissioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commissioner. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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