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 The group of students listed FIU president Jeanette Nuñez, Board of Trustees Chair Carlos Durat, and three other university administrators as defendants. — Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026 Licata and other administrators started the day at the district’s bus barn, voicing excitement and assurance that operations would be orderly for students’ return to the classroom. — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Aug. 2026 After fielding complaints from Mangione’s defense team about potential space limitations, court administrators arranged for an overflow room. — Adam Reiss, NBC news, 11 Aug. 2026 Elma Geraldine Nolan and Marcello de Peralta filed the action as temporary administrators of Nolan-O’Slatarra’s estate. — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Without those figures, the state cannot demonstrate that mandatory reservations increase access rather than merely making attendance more predictable for administrators. — Jeffrey T. Donner, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2026 In a Facebook page that administrators say has been visited over 480,000 times — and in hundreds of emails to Meridian officials reviewed by the Idaho Statesman — opposition to the project has been building. — Rose Evans august 9, Idaho Statesman, 9 Aug. 2026 Clinicians and administrators remain in control, but decision making becomes faster, more proactive and focused on delivering better patient care. — Prathap Rao, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 That ruling put the thumb on the scale in favor of school administrators’ judgment calls, according to the appeals court judges who backed Tri County Area Schools in the dispute over the sweatshirt. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for administrators
  1. managers
  2. executives
  3. directors
  4. superintendents
  5. supervisors
Noun
  • Most introduced, nonnative plants do not become invasive, but those that do can cause significant, costly problems for landowners, communities, and land managers.
    — Dr. Lauren Kurtz, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Multiple sources told the Daily News that three managers at the Kingsbridge depot have been disciplined in connection with maintenance issues, a claim on which the MTA declined to comment.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of managers
Noun
  • Interns and senior executives alike can see how their experience contributes to solving the problem.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Trusted by senior executives for her insight and strategic clarity, Sharifa blends cultural fluency with cutting-edge program design.
    — Big Think, Big Think, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of executives
Noun
  • The organization was disbanded by Taiwan's Interior Ministry in May for not holding elections for their directors in time.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • McDonnell seemed to prize family connections over real-world experience, hiring her nephews to serve as directors and executive producers on various series.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of directors
Noun
  • Abbott outlined the plan during a roundtable with law enforcement and school superintendents in Lubbock, emphasizing the need to better safeguard students and prevent dangerous offenders from returning to schools.
    — Doug Myers, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Finding experienced project managers, superintendents, estimators and field leaders is often more difficult than finding additional work.
    — Nikhil Chandankhede, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of superintendents
Noun
  • And there could be more pressure put on the supervisors of those crews to communicate and clear out on time.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Early voting in the primary election is well underway, and vote-by-mail ballots are arriving at supervisors of elections’ offices.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of supervisors

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