straw boss

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Noun
  • In this corner: Frank Costello, the big boss man of organized crime who helped this thing of theirs go from regional to a national syndicate.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Theroux treasures every silly little turn his cocky boss man gets to take.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Bass is the sole challenger to Jordan, who was first elected Rich Township supervisor in 2021, in the April 1 election.
    Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Usually, the only way to identify these individuals is through irregularity reports submitted by test supervisors.
    Scott White, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • As detectives investigated the Instagram account, a middle school principal reported to Albuquerque Public Schools police that a student reported the same video of the crash.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025
  • What People Are Saying Bo Albertus, a Danish school principal and administrator of the Facebook boycott group, said he was compelled to act after Trump's threats toward Greenland.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Richly paid superintendents often retire with multimillion-dollar lifetime pension benefits.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Sometime late Monday or early Tuesday, the Trump portrait by Colorado Springs artist Sarah Boardman was removed and put in storage with History Colorado, overseer of a state museum in Denver.
    Mead Gruver, The Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Old states break up, new ones form, independence from historical overseers is sought.
    Nick Miller, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The contract also maintains its unusual provision allowing Sanders to disclose any athletically related outside income to his superiors verbally, thus enabling him to follow NCAA bylaws while ensuring that no public paper trail is created for these earnings.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Your career trajectory could change after seeking advice from one of your superiors.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Paley Center for Media opened its new archive, which comprises more than 160,000 television, radio programs and advertisements, at the Beverly Hills Public Library with a little help from FX boss John Landgraf.
    Peter White, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Tomorrow, Saturday, March 22, the Artcore label boss is slated to take over New York City’s Brooklyn Storehouse.
    Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Straw boss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straw%20boss. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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