straw boss

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for straw boss
Noun
  • Theroux treasures every silly little turn his cocky boss man gets to take.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Prior to principal photography, Anderson spent more than a year working with his VFX supervisor Dennis Berardi to develop the full look and scope of the Lost Lands.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Whether the next sheriff will be appointed or elected remains unclear, as supervisors did not take questions during their public statement on Wednesday.
    Ryan Macasero, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • People in England — players, managers, fans, media —need to be less sniffy about the under-21s.
    Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Customize Compensation Plans For Cultural Values HR managers must balance global consistency with local relevance.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Zaim is the current U.S. Consulting Leader and former national managing principal of the Advisory practice.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
  • The 47-year-old, who changed his name to Ye, has agreed to conditional settlements this week with former assistant principal Isaiah Meadows and teachers Cecilia Hailey, Chekarey Byers, and Timanii Meeks, who all sued West in 2023.
    Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The same day the Miami Herald and The Tributary published its investigation into the Miami-Dade school district’s school bus safety program, superintendent Jose Dotres issued a memo addressing criticism of the program.
    Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Long Beach’s towing and lien sales superintendent, Robert Givens, said the city averages about 200 auction sales each month.
    CalMatters, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Hawke plays Samuel Murphy who, after the death of his wife, is imprisoned in a labor camp run by Clancy, an unscrupulous overseer (Crowe).
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2025
  • There are offensive-minded guys and defensive-minded guys and bright play callers and sharp overseers.
    Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Strict hierarchies—In traditional Japanese companies, employees are expected to respect their superiors, making quitting a face-to-face process riddled with guilt.
    Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
  • On Tuesday, Denise Cheung, who oversaw the office’s criminal division, abruptly resigned after declining a request from superiors in the Justice Department to freeze assets of a government contractor, saying there was insufficient evidence to do so.
    Alan Feuer, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The news was revealed by Channel 5 content boss Ben Frow at a showcase in London, as Channel 5 and streamer My5 officially rebrand under one unified brand titled 5.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2025
  • And her new partner, Lafferty (Dash Mihok), an old buddy of her dismissive boss (Patch Darragh), would rather babble about his digestive woes than help the desperate women of Kensington.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Straw boss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straw%20boss. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.

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