in charge of
idiom
: having control of or responsibility for (something)
She is in charge of hiring new employees.
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During the last quarter, the company also handed new responsibilities to now-Chief Content Officer Anna Marsh, finance boss Amandine Ferré and Jacques du Puy, who is now in charge of the Global PayTV division that has brought together Canal+’s pay-TV brands under one umbrella.
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2025
Remediation began in 2019; however, further work is at risk with the Trump administration’s near elimination of USAID, leaving it unclear if there will be any American experts in Vietnam in charge of administering this complex project.
—Pamela McElwee, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2025
In global terms, a fellow NATO skeptic in charge of Australia would have been a potent asset for Trump's worldview.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
Maven, a Fort Worth interior design firm, is in charge of designing Beverly’s.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2025
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2025
Remediation began in 2019; however, further work is at risk with the Trump administration’s near elimination of USAID, leaving it unclear if there will be any American experts in Vietnam in charge of administering this complex project.
—Pamela McElwee, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2025
In global terms, a fellow NATO skeptic in charge of Australia would have been a potent asset for Trump's worldview.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
Maven, a Fort Worth interior design firm, is in charge of designing Beverly’s.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2025
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“In charge of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20charge%20of. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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