in charge of
idiom
: having control of or responsibility for (something)
She is in charge of hiring new employees.
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As Poway’s deputy fire chief since 2022, Mitchell was in charge of the department’s Fire Suppression Division, which is its largest division.
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Susan Gill Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2025
The Chief Design Officer in charge of this effort, Joe Gebbia, is an Airbnb cofounder and Musk associate who led DOGE's overhaul and digitization of the federal employee retirement system at the Office of Personnel Management.
—Stephen Fowler, NPR, 22 Dec. 2025
As much as some fans might want to see these Olympic teams just take the best offensive players, the people in charge of them see what MacKinnon saw in Montreal and Boston — a tournament where checking and defensive prowess are going to matter as much or more than offensive skill.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
There is so many things to think about at once and whoever is in charge of that operation has nerves of steel.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 22 Dec. 2025
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Susan Gill Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2025
The Chief Design Officer in charge of this effort, Joe Gebbia, is an Airbnb cofounder and Musk associate who led DOGE's overhaul and digitization of the federal employee retirement system at the Office of Personnel Management.
—Stephen Fowler, NPR, 22 Dec. 2025
As much as some fans might want to see these Olympic teams just take the best offensive players, the people in charge of them see what MacKinnon saw in Montreal and Boston — a tournament where checking and defensive prowess are going to matter as much or more than offensive skill.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
There is so many things to think about at once and whoever is in charge of that operation has nerves of steel.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 22 Dec. 2025
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“In charge of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20charge%20of. Accessed 24 Dec. 2025.
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