as in executive
a person who manages or directs something
we wanted an exemption from the policy regarding refunds, but the store manager refused
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Recent Examples of manager
As rumors of a feud grew, Baldoni hired Melissa Nathan, a crisis PR manager who represented Johnny Depp in his defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard.
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Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
Rob Blake’s departure as general manager, which team president Luc Robitaille insisted was voluntary, comes at an ironic time.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 10 May 2025
The Pirates only fired their manager this week because there’s no way for Pirates fans to fire their owner.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 10 May 2025
In the workers’ break room, managers stripped the dedicated union bulletin board and removed the binders containing the collective-bargaining agreement.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2025
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Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
Rob Blake’s departure as general manager, which team president Luc Robitaille insisted was voluntary, comes at an ironic time.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 10 May 2025
The Pirates only fired their manager this week because there’s no way for Pirates fans to fire their owner.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 10 May 2025
In the workers’ break room, managers stripped the dedicated union bulletin board and removed the binders containing the collective-bargaining agreement.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manager
Noun
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The article is a smorgasbord of detail, brimming with characters, including C-suite executives, public-relations staffers, marketing V.P.s, and Lauder herself, for whom Fraser reserves her best descriptions.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
4 May 2025
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Though not much has been heard from Gibson or Stallone on this effort, Voight has been making the rounds with different union reps and studio executives (as per Deadline).—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
4 May 2025
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Indeed, Dubrovsky himself had publicly attacked a university policy that required professors to submit their work to administrators before publishing or presenting it abroad.—
Anastasiia Vorozhtsova,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2025
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The White House has said, though, that Amy Gleason, who worked at DOGE's predecessor entity, U.S. Digital Service, is formally the administrator of DOGE.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
2 May 2025
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At the same time, companies are adding higher-level supply-chain executives as companies move their goods sourcing from China to the U.S. or other Asian countries, said Kareem Bakr, managing director of Phaidon International, a recruiting agency.—
Paul Davidson,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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Tapped first in 1993 by Antonio Asensio, the new owner of Antena 3, as its commercial director, Lorenzo was appointed its director general in 1995.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
2 May 2025
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The former superintendent, Nicole Swigart, denied saying any of that.—
Jennifer Smith Richards,
ProPublica,
2 May 2025
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Now, the Trump administration is going further up the chain of command in the state, and taking aim at the superintendent.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2025
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The city’s transit supervisors are set to vote against the MTA rank and file in the upcoming primary for Gotham’s comptroller.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2025
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The two Democratic supervisors want to change how the county calculates its minimum reserve amount and expand the definition of what counts as reserves.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 May 2025
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“Manager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manager. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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