in charge of
idiom
: having control of or responsibility for (something)
She is in charge of hiring new employees.
Examples of in charge of in a Sentence
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Eliot Wolf, the top executive in charge of personnel, now has control of the 53-man roster and will reportedly be working closely with new head coach Jerod Mayo.
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Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2024
Hector, the agency’s beauty director, is in charge of marshaling the troops and sending artists to wherever they’re needed.
—Leila Cobo, Billboard, 24 Apr. 2024
Through it all, Nimer was in charge of finding food.
—Rob Schmitz, NPR, 24 Apr. 2024
Instead, another unexpected element is in charge of elevating their look.
—Nuala Phillips, Glamour, 24 Apr. 2024
Under the partnership, Oracle is in charge of auditing TikTok data for compliance.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2024
It’s been a fairly steady decline since then, a trend that appears to transcend what party was in charge of determining that funding.
—Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2024
State officials investigated, discovering that the machine in charge of releasing caustic soda, used to treat arsenic, had malfunctioned, causing an unhealthy amount of pH buildup in the water.
—Silvia Foster-Frau, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2024
Mehtab Syed, acting assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office, said law enforcement efforts prevented more acts of domestic terrorism.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024
Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2024
Hector, the agency’s beauty director, is in charge of marshaling the troops and sending artists to wherever they’re needed.
—Leila Cobo, Billboard, 24 Apr. 2024
Through it all, Nimer was in charge of finding food.
—Rob Schmitz, NPR, 24 Apr. 2024
Instead, another unexpected element is in charge of elevating their look.
—Nuala Phillips, Glamour, 24 Apr. 2024
Under the partnership, Oracle is in charge of auditing TikTok data for compliance.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2024
It’s been a fairly steady decline since then, a trend that appears to transcend what party was in charge of determining that funding.
—Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2024
State officials investigated, discovering that the machine in charge of releasing caustic soda, used to treat arsenic, had malfunctioned, causing an unhealthy amount of pH buildup in the water.
—Silvia Foster-Frau, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2024
Mehtab Syed, acting assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office, said law enforcement efforts prevented more acts of domestic terrorism.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024
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