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administrant, administrator, archon, director, exec, executive, manager, superintendent
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Oh, just the wardrobe supervisor on the set of my movie. — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, "John Searles Wrote Strange But True — and Then Starred in the Film Adaptation with Greg Kinnear," 6 Sep. 2019 The video shows the supervisor giving the officers permission to leave Keith in the hospital. — Vic Ryckaert, Indianapolis Star, "The World War II vet was held captive by an escapee. Then he became someone else.," 3 Sep. 2019 Liam Steel will choreograph the musical, with Joel Fram as musical supervisor and Bunny Christie on set and costume design. — Trilby Beresford, The Hollywood Reporter, "Patti LuPone, Katrina Lenk to Headline Gender-Tweaked 'Company' on Broadway," 30 Aug. 2019 Three new positions — a senior principal planner, permit services supervisor and a permit tech — also have been authorized to handle the hefty department workload. — Daily Pilot, "Greg Pfost, Laguna’s community development director, announces retirement amid department overhaul," 29 Aug. 2019 But police supervisors and internal investigators largely lose access to those records once they are purged. — Justin Price, azcentral, "Phoenix police routinely 'purges' officer discipline records, keeps misconduct secret," 23 Aug. 2019 That description was criticized by some supervisors, and some critics held it up as the reason the DeSantis administration was slow in joining the partnership. — Steven Lemongello, orlandosentinel.com, "Florida joins 29-state compact to clean up voter rolls and reach out to non-registered residents," 21 Aug. 2019 The supervisor and Herren both ran out of the office, the newspaper reported. — Fox News, "Tennessee man accused of slashing boss' throat with steak knife after taking time off for stress, reports say," 20 Aug. 2019 The three proposals, if approved by the supervisors, would appear on the ballot this fall and next spring. — Gregory Barber, WIRED, "No More Deals: San Francisco Considers Raising Taxes on Tech," 16 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'supervisor.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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