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administrator

noun

əd-ˈmi-nə-ˌstrā-tər

Definition of administrator

as in manager

a person who manages or directs something a hospital administrator

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Recent Examples of administrator Matthews, 54, has been a deputy administrator since 2016, according to LinkedIn. — Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 15 Aug. 2026 At my institution, the Illinois Institute of Technology, administrators recently eliminated roughly a third of the workforce in a single sweep. — Francisco Ruiz, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026 Promotion out of League One under Chansiri in 2022-23 counted for little when the administrators arrived 18 months later. — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026 There are no eligibility requirements or administrators with checklists. — Kyle Vanelli, STAT, 14 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for administrator

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Former Rolling Stone writer and longtime Bruce Springsteen manager Jon Landau paid tribute to his longtime friend and colleague Dave Marsh following his death at 76.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026
The Noise Pereira, a former client relationship manager, knows the value of exposure to success.

— Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of manager

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The orchestra and management have had strained relations since BSO decided in March to force out music director Andris Nelsons next summer after 13 seasons.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026
The story of modern Tottenham has been the story of near-constant resets, relaunches, rethinks, restructures, reboots, reviews and even returns, in the case of Fabio Paratici’s three months back as a co-sporting director last season.

— Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026

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So the state’s second-largest school district set out to do it on its own, said Lucas Clamp, deputy superintendent of the 50,000-student Charleston County School District.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026
Steve Li, chief superintendent of the police’s national security department, said the case would help with future law enforcement.

— Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

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