as in manager
a person who manages or directs something the salesclerk said she would have to ask her supervisor if I could return the defective CD without a receipt

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Recent Examples of supervisor Authorities were alerted when the female inmate told a corrections supervisor about her accusation on April 4, Hipolito said. Claire Osborn, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 Paige Summers, a Starbucks supervisor from Hanover, Maryland, said that some staff are unable to afford a new wardrobe. Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 2 July 2025 In line with past seasons, the latest collection of Bear episodes features a plethora of tasteful rock ‘n’ roll needle drops, courtesy of co-music supervisors Christopher Storer and Josh Senior, who also serve as the series’ showrunner and executive producer, respectively. Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 2 July 2025 The agreement, which still needs to be ratified by the union membership and the supervisors, includes a $5,000 bonus in the first year, followed by a 2% cost of living adjustment and $2,000 bonus in the second year and a 5% salary increase the third year. Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for supervisor
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  • Bench coach Ray Montgomery took over on June 20 as the acting — now interim — manager as the Angels entered Friday winners in seven of their last 10 games.
    Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
  • Li, who had a brief stint at a bank after graduating from the Guangdong University of Foreign Studies with a finance degree, joined Zhou Liu Fu simultaneously as a general manager.
    Zinnia Lee, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
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  • Inside organizations, executives are struggling to create and adapt AI policies as fast as the technology is being developed.
    Susan LaMotte, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • The near-unanimous votes reflected deep shareholder trust in the boards and executives who defended DEI publicly and forcefully.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 1 July 2025
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  • Climate United Fund and other nonprofits in March sued the Environmental Protection Agency, its administrator Lee Zeldin and Citibank, which held the program’s money.
    Michael Phillis, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2025
  • The closure of Jackson South’s labor and delivery unit is the latest in South Florida and comes at a time when many hospitals across the country have closed their maternity wards, with administrators often citing costs and staffing issues.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 3 July 2025
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  • Danny Ramon, director of intelligence at supply chain risk management provider Overhaul, said that holiday weekends typically see cargo theft rates spiking by 50 to 100 percent.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 1 July 2025
  • The Harrods pop-up will run from July 21 until Aug. 27, and will stock the Lucky capsule, which was conceived by Maria Grazia Chiuri, the former creative director of women’s collections who stepped down in May after nearly a decade at the brand.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 1 July 2025
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  • But a longstanding argument against any updates to the sculpture, said Dan Wenk, the former superintendent of Mount Rushmore National Memorial, is that the piece of art is already finished, visually and rhetorically.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 5 July 2025
  • Adam Friday resigned as acting superintendent for the sanitation department, effective June 3, two weeks after the incident with Street Commissioner Brandon Downey, town records show.
    Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2025

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“Supervisor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supervisor. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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