as in executive
a person who manages or directs something
we wanted an exemption from the policy regarding refunds, but the store manager refused
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Recent Examples of manager
The individuals include Browne, his wife, his son, Antigua and Barbuda's general accountant and its port manager.
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
General manager Dan Morgan added new contributors to each level of the defense, while also securing the cornerback spot.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 12 Mar. 2025
Artists have managers who are their rock, their biggest advocate and a commercial partner who helps build a road map for your success and to set and achieve goals.
—Ethan Millman, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2025
Other alternative manager companies also struggled amid the economic uncertainty.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2025
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
General manager Dan Morgan added new contributors to each level of the defense, while also securing the cornerback spot.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 12 Mar. 2025
Artists have managers who are their rock, their biggest advocate and a commercial partner who helps build a road map for your success and to set and achieve goals.
—Ethan Millman, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2025
Other alternative manager companies also struggled amid the economic uncertainty.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manager
Noun
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The entities – also including Radio Free Asia and Middle East Broadcasting Networks – are continuing to operate around the world while network executives contemplate next steps.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN,
18 Mar. 2025
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Yet a small amount of the whisky survived, says Ewan Gunn, an executive at Diageo, the global beverage company that now owns Port Ellen, as well as brands such as Johnnie Walker and Lagavulin.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Mar. 2025
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Teacher turnover Educators who were frustrated by remote learning and other conditions quit teaching and departed from classrooms across the nation, leaving school administrators nationwide with shortages of teachers and substitutes on staff, according to a RAND survey from 2021.—
Kayla Jimenez,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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Rubio will continue to be USAID's acting administrator, and the two political appointees will be deputy administrators.—
Camilla Schick,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2025
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The director of Last Call, Gil Mehmert, is acclaimed for visually and emotionally rich productions such as German productions of ONCE, The Elephant Man, and Cabaret.—
Court Stroud,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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The director of the F1 movie, Joseph Kosinski, has revealed the one condition Lewis Hamilton had going into its production.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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The school board sought input from parents, staff and students in the search for a new superintendent, according to the release.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
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The superintendent said no other students were injured.—
Mike Stunson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 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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“Manager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manager. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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