boss (around)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for boss (around)
Verb
  • The arbitrator also ordered the city to pay Biscari back wages and benefits as well as the legal costs that Local 42 accrued in pursuing the grievance.
    Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
  • At the same time, the White House has ordered immigration enforcement in cities around the country.
    Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Bondi also instructed the board to reinstate the previous criteria that Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued in a 2018 case referred to as Matter of A-B-, per WSJ.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The monitors helped study participants needs such as food and restroom breaks, but the monitors were instructed not to provide any therapy to avoid influencing the study's results.
    Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The cause of the accident was not immediately known, although the car appeared to have derailed, which a source from the Lisbon Firefighters Regiment told local media may have been caused by a loose cable leading to brake failure.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Figma added four new AI-native tools to its platform this quarter and told investors on the call to expect significant investments in AI going forward.
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Lara Raj, Megan, Manon, Sophia, Daniela and Yoonchae of KATSEYE commanded the red carpet in coordinated looks that let each members' personality shine through.
    Jackie Fields, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Fergus McCaffrey Jacobs’ works are simultaneously serene and visceral, commanding close inspection of the textures and marks that emerge from her painstaking technique.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Clattenburg, whose post-refereeing commitments have ranged from acting as a consultant to Nottingham Forest to starring on the UK television show Gladiators, was asked by Paqueta’s legal team to pass observation on the four games being viewed as suspicious.
    Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Prime Invitees can either ask the Prime member in their households to add them to their Amazon Family or sign up for their own Prime membership.
    Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Boss (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boss%20%28around%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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