as in leader
the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do
every morning the boss hands out a list of top-priority tasks
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slang
as in excellent
of the very best kind
that's a really boss stereo you've got
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1
as in to supervise
to be in charge of
she bossed that project for years, until she was promoted again
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as in to rule
to exercise authority or power over
bossed the entire job site for a year
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as in to lead
to serve as leader of
bossed the entire gang of electricians on the construction project
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Recent Examples of boss
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
23 June 2026
Cam Neely, Bergeron’s ex-boss, entered the Hall in 2005.
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Fluto Shinzawa,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
20 Nov. 2025
This excludes things like putting in legendaries for end of mission rewards or taking them out of non-boss chests.
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Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2021
ABC News,
14 Mar. 2026
Pop trends For the last several years, girls bossed the pop charts.
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Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Kel losing his teaching job, and Abby going back to her old boss Vanessa (Constance Wu).
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Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
23 June 2026
Cam Neely, Bergeron’s ex-boss, entered the Hall in 2005.
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Fluto Shinzawa,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
Adjective
That’s basically the boss level of the shopping game—and usually requires hours of research.
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Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
20 Nov. 2025
This excludes things like putting in legendaries for end of mission rewards or taking them out of non-boss chests.
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Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2021
Verb
England was bossing the game up front at 27-17 until Genge was sin-binned and France pounced.
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ABC News,
14 Mar. 2026
Pop trends For the last several years, girls bossed the pop charts.
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Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boss
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In the weeks since Fable 5 and Mythos 5 were forced out of commission, industry leaders and experts became increasingly worried that the ad-hoc ban would threaten America’s AI lead against China.
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According to Smith, citizens of East Florida even burned the leaders behind the Declaration of Independence in effigy.
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And with such excellent transit, there can be much greater housing density.
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His group stage has been consistently excellent without announcing itself — the kind of contribution that shows up in the table rather than the highlights.
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That enables Cadence’s system, which is supervised by physicians, to alert a clinician when a patient is deteriorating before a stroke or heart attack, for example.
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Judge Stacy Street sentenced Beckwith to three years supervised probation, the court clerk confirmed to USA TODAY.
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But in a landmark case, the Supreme Court ruled against the president on Monday, saying the administration failed to give Cook the opportunity to address those accusations, as required by law.
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However, the high court also ruled against the president’s attempts to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, offering the central bank more protection.
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Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani leads the NL in votes received, which would give him the automatic starting spot at DH should that lead hold into Thursday, knocking Schmitt out of contention.
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Mbappé’s brace led les Bleus to a 3-0 victory in Philadelphia as France had to battle Iraq and Mother Nature.
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Until then, viewers can enjoy the boiling, sometimes exploding, tension between Rob-Will and Rip, the new Jackson-family ranch foreman.
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Joaquin tries to explain what happened with Chet, but Rip doesn’t want to talk about the ranch’s dead ex-foreman.
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Brady joins bro Matthew Tkachuk, Sam Bennett, Brad Marchand, Sam Reinhart, Carter Verhaeghe and of course the return of Aleksander Barkov to lead what should be an awesome offense.
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Hearing that growl, that was bone chilling, but working with the jaguar was awesome.
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As part of his work overseeing health and performance programs at Google for 17 years, Newton Cheng researched the studies to understand the isolation and loneliness that can accompany working from home.
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Mozeliak will oversee day-to-day baseball operations while assisting the search for the next GM, team president Molly Jolly said in a news release.
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“Boss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boss. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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