straw boss

noun

Definition of straw bossnext
as in boss man

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  1. boss man
  2. supervisor
  3. manager
  4. principal
  5. superintendent
  6. overseer
  7. superior
  8. boss
Noun
  • Trump’s persona as a boss man known for firing people on NBC’s The Apprentice captivated and horrified the nation.
    Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 July 2024
  • To see an athlete renowned for his intelligence and poise make an obvious mental error late in a race is a reminder that even the boss man was once a noob.
    Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 30 Mar. 2023
Definition of boss man
Noun
  • Implications for the Workforce: Self-Leadership and Motivation Flattened structures mean fewer direct supervisors, necessitating that individuals interested in management consider alternatives.
    Chris Westfall, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The neighbor claimed a tree branch scratched her car and the mail carrier later complained to his supervisor.
    Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of supervisor
Noun
  • Ruud van Nistelrooy is the third manager to have taken charge over the past 12 months after Enzo Maresca’s departure to Chelsea and Steve Cooper’s brief tenure at the start of their return to the Premier League.
    Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In 2018, his son Chris Rich — now a 32-year-old property manager — convinced him to take fewer in-person gigs and instead join the personalized video website Cameo.
    Megan Sauer,Alex Koller,Natalie Wu, CNBC, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of manager
Noun
  • But while his bill requires school children to be taught safe storage concepts, Todd has repeatedly voted against any requirement for adult gun owners to store their guns safely ― or even learn principals of safe storage.
    Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The Democrat said his diversity of education experience, from an award for Administrator of the Year by the Wisconsin Rural Schools Alliance to serving as a school principal on the south side of Chicago, sets him apart.
    Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of principal
Noun
  • Her mother had taught for decades in the now-defunct school, and her father had served as superintendent.
    Caleb Gayle, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The 2025 national superintendent of the year will be announced during AASA's National Conference on Education March 6-8 in New Orleans.
    NWA Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of superintendent
Noun
  • Eurovision is always directed by someone from the host broadcaster in the country it is held but Green is the first person to do so for its overseer, the EBU.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2024
  • The story in Chicago is that Morton is the corrupt overseer of the woman's prison that Hart has been sent to, after fatally shooting her paramour.
    Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 1 Dec. 2024
Definition of overseer
Noun
  • Even when those circumstances existed, agents had to get approval from superiors in order to plan an arrest in a sensitive location.
    Julia Ainsley, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Your actions and interactions at these gatherings can have a significant impact on how you're perceived by colleagues and superiors alike.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of superior
Noun
  • Sibley’s former boss, then-inspector general Mark Smith, left in April after being named as an independent monitor to oversee police reforms in Portland, Ore.
    Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Its themes and plots were often pitch-dark and inhabited by hypnotists, somnambulists, mediums, spies, the devil himself, serial killers, and crime bosses.
    Elle Carroll, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of boss
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