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as in manager
a person who manages or directs something
the new director of the company plans to make a number of changes in daily operations
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as in producer
a person who supervises the production of a stage show
the director of the drama club's next production will be a student
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Recent Examples of director
Diane Blazek is the executive director of the National Garden Bureau and All America Selections, a national seed variety trialing program.
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Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 May 2025
This is this trilogy of games by this genius of a director, Fumito Ueda.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 25 May 2025
Hemsley, often credited with creating UnitedHealth's key growth engine Optum, will continue to serve as the chair of the board and will stop receiving compensation as a director.
—Sriparna Roy, USA Today, 15 May 2025
In late 2015, Spain’s subsidy rules changed, ditching domestic box office performance as a main criteria in favor of a multi-point system, which for artier films prized a producer or director’s festival track-record, plus first features.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 14 May 2025
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Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 May 2025
This is this trilogy of games by this genius of a director, Fumito Ueda.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 25 May 2025
Hemsley, often credited with creating UnitedHealth's key growth engine Optum, will continue to serve as the chair of the board and will stop receiving compensation as a director.
—Sriparna Roy, USA Today, 15 May 2025
In late 2015, Spain’s subsidy rules changed, ditching domestic box office performance as a main criteria in favor of a multi-point system, which for artier films prized a producer or director’s festival track-record, plus first features.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for director
Noun
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My managers came for an hour visit once and wound up staying all day.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
23 May 2025
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The facility was missing a copy of the food manager’s certificate, and California food handler cards were not available for review at the time of inspection.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
23 May 2025
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Also, our producer Colin Ingram had produced the musical of ‘Ghost,’ which also opened first in the UK.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
25 May 2025
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One of his producers, Mabel Lewis, has her head down over a phone.—
Kelly Stout,
Rolling Stone,
25 May 2025
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Salmonella in peanut butter killed nine in 2008 and 2009, resulting in criminal charges against company executives.—
Stephanie Armour,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2025
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King will executive produce for his GK Films banner alongside Hayley King.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
29 May 2025
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No matter how daffy some of it is, the production has the important factor of clarity; a quality that the great stage director Peter Hall used to say is a vital component of any revival of a classic.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
4 Apr. 2025
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That would be lyricist Fred Ebb, playwright Terrence McNally and original star Chita Rivera, key figures behind the 1993 Broadway musical, alongside composer John Kander and stage director Harold Prince.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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The initial feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, reducing delays, lowering operational costs, and significantly improving job satisfaction among both clinicians and administrators.—
Ray Ravaglia,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Undercover journalists caught an administrator at UNC bragging about pushing DEI despite it being banned.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
29 May 2025
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The Eagle Mountain-Saginaw school district announced that Wilson was hired to be the next principal at Boswell High School after the current principal, Vaughn Flagler, was hired as assistant superintendent for human resources in the Anna school district.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 May 2025
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While working as the Norfolk County Sheriff’s Office’s assistant deputy superintendent of jail operations, Brady ordered two sheriff’s office maintenance workers to do a variety of jobs at his home, prosecutors said.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
28 May 2025
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Police then asked to speak to their supervisor and executed a search warrant with the SWAT and K-9 teams.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee,
Kansas City Star,
30 May 2025
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Two minutes later, McDougall returned to the screening area and targeted a TSA supervisor, swinging wildly.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2025
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“Director.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/director. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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