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administrators

noun

plural of administrator

as in managers

a person who manages or directs something a hospital administrator

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Recent Examples of administrators There were few available adults to step in for teachers and administrators who were directly impacted by the assault. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026 Chief Operating Officer David Reinhart said the district’s policy on decommissioning schools asks administrators to monitor enrollment, the health of buildings and demographic trends with its long-range planning committee. — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 22 Sep. 2026 Its park and sheltered spaces will inevitably attract uses its designers and administrators did not anticipate. — Sam Lubell, Curbed, 21 Sep. 2026 But last week, Microsoft told IT administrators that IE mode won’t be around forever. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026 Some Providence parents shook their heads as the clock wound down; others shouted expletives toward school administrators and Nazareth players. — Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026 Still, the administrators, the commissioners and league presidents must recognize that if trade wars devolve into something more hateful and restrictive, team owners may find their golden goose has fallen into the crockpot. — Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 18 Sep. 2026 Gale emphasized his experience working with teachers, administrators and school boards, as well as the importance of transparency, communication and involving parents, students, employees and community members in district decisions. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2026 Although Missouri wanted to extend the series, Kansas administrators vowed never to play again in football or men’s basketball. — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Young professionals send out thousands of applications with no luck, while hiring managers wade through a deluge of candidates for a single job posting.

— Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026
In an email exchange, store managers Sara Beattie and Brooke Berlin tell us what museumgoers are buying right now.

— Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

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Bonta’s suit had leaned heavily into potential harms to theatrical distribution, and lawyers for the states had been banking on theater executives’ testimony at trial.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
So, here, WWD celebrates the designers, executives and other figures who today are helping to drive Italian — and the world’s — culture.

— Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of executives

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All artists — starting with the actors, then music, then writers, then directors — have to figure out what their image is worth and negotiate that.

— Lane Brown, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
Hanung Bramantyo, one of Indonesia’s leading box office directors, helms the project.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of directors

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The selection of key pieces of Oklahoma’s high-stakes reading law is underway in a process that likely will straddle two governors and state superintendents.

— Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice, 8 Sep. 2026
At least twice each fiscal year, school boards review updated financial projections and classify their districts’ fiscal health as positive, qualified or negative, after which county superintendents review each certification and may downgrade it.

— Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of superintendents

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Medical contractor supervisors confirmed that Sims was not prescribed the medication at the time and that it was not documented as having been administered, investigators said.

— CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
Workers such as editors, singers and sound supervisors joined bill author Assemblymember Nick Schultz (D-Burbank) and Mayor Karen Bass at a news conference Thursday morning in front of the Television Academy’s headquarters in North Hollywood.

— Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

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