boss (around)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boss (around)
Verb
  • But last week, the Trump administration ordered him to halt all the lab’s ALS research immediately as part of a more than $2.2 billion federal funding freeze.
    Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Women can order Oova kits directly and receive 30 days' worth of hormone testing.
    Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • House Speaker Mike Johnson has instructed committees in the lower chamber to start hashing out the details of legislation between April 28 and May 9 in the hopes of having a final package passed by Memorial Day.
    Riley Beggin, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Additionally, Rubio has instructed leaders throughout the department to draw up plans to reduce their personnel by 15% -- a move that could lead to thousands of additional job cuts.
    Shannon K. Kingston, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The percentage tells the public how much of the fire perimeter is believed to not go beyond the control lines.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Trump told the brief story behind the biblical holiday centered on Jesus Christ, who, according to Christian tradition, was crucified on a cross and then rose from the dead.
    Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 20 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Isaacman is a billionaire pilot and astronaut who founded the Shift4 Payments company as a teenager and commanded the first civilian space crew in 2021 aboard a SpaceX capsule.
    Karen Freifeld, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Loading your audio article The United Kingdom banned the export of video game controllers to Russia out of concern Vladimir Putin’s military could repurpose the gaming devices and use them to command drones in its war against Ukraine.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Councilmember Vivian Moreno expressed frustration that Get It Done is so internet-based, when many San Diegans lack access and rely on telephones to ask city officials questions or report complaints.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Alito asked Alan Schoenfeld, the county’s attorney.
    Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2025
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“Boss (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boss%20%28around%29. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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