front office

noun

|Updated on: 19 Jun 2018

Examples: front office in a Sentence

Definition of front office

: the policy-making officials of an organization —usually hyphenated when used attributively

the front-office staff

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Examples of front office in a Sentence

Many fans blame the team's poor performance on bad decisions made by the front office.

Recent Examples of front office from the Web

La Stella also repaired his relationship with the front office.

— mark gonzales, chicagotribune.com, "How has Tommy La Stella become one of baseball's best pinch hitters?," 11 June 2018
But Musselman also had the misfortune of coaching Golden State before Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant were on the team, and he was fired after his second season amid change in the front office.

— scott cacciola, New York Times, "One Smart Coach: How Are the Rockets Getting Away With All That Dribbling?," 25 May 2018
The site had a separate editor answering directly to the front office.

— BostonGlobe.com, "Full text of editor Brian McGrory’s note to staff," 24 May 2018
The tension could be a result of the accumulation of issues such as the benching of cornerback Malcolm Butler in Super Bowl 52, the ostracizing of Brady's personal trainer and feeling disrespected by the front office.

— geoffrey c. arnold, OregonLive.com, "Former Oregon prep star Marcell Frazier claimed by Cleveland Browns," 21 May 2018
The moody lighting in another film likewise rankled the denizens of the front office.

— Longreads, "When the Movies Went West," 15 May 2018
The 34-year-old is mulling options in the media, as a coach or in a front office.

— baltimoresun.com, "Digest: English star Wayne Rooney, D.C. United inch closer to deal," 14 May 2018
The players, coaches and front office members saw a different version of the Cavaliers in the conference semifinals.

— chris fedor, cleveland.com, "How Cleveland Cavaliers found their identity once again during grueling seven-game series against Indiana Pacers," 11 May 2018
Bill Torrey, the original president of the Florida Panthers and longtime front office member of the franchise, died Wednesday evening.

— matthew defranks, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Bill Torrey, longtime Panthers executive, dies at 83," 3 May 2018

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