as in leaders
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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as in supervises
to be in charge of
she bossed that project for years, until she was promoted again
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as in rules
to exercise authority or power over
bossed the entire job site for a year
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as in leads
to serve as leader of
bossed the entire gang of electricians on the construction project
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Recent Examples of bosses
Marc Levy, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
Happily the Beemer bosses have taken the latter road.
—New Atlas, 21 June 2026
The Warner brothers inspired the two big studio bosses in the film.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 20 June 2026
Boutros has also received support from his bosses in Washington.
—Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026
Employees everywhere else depend on their bosses’ goodwill.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 14 June 2026
In those years, neighborhood bosses used the literacy test and English-only ballots to hold onto their power and keep Puerto Ricans from voting for minority candidates.
—Robert Polner, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026
Two differing criminal factions want a load of cocaine, but when a poor farmer named Kaalayan (Guru Somasundaram) gets wind of it, his life briefly entangles with the crime bosses, resulting in a bloody final showdown and a delightful twist ending.
—Eric Farwell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
After his bosses declined to acquire a nearby copper mine, Daly bought it himself, which became the foundation of Anaconda Copper, one of the largest mining companies of the 20th century.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
Dano and Collette joined co-stars Abigail Breslin and Greg Kinnear and their director bosses Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris at the screening.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Noun
New laws in California, Colorado, Connecticut and Illinois seek to curb AI bias, rein in ‘robo bosses’ and protect children from opaque, emotionally manipulative chatbots.
—Marc Levy, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
Happily the Beemer bosses have taken the latter road.
—New Atlas, 21 June 2026
The Warner brothers inspired the two big studio bosses in the film.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 20 June 2026
Boutros has also received support from his bosses in Washington.
—Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026
Employees everywhere else depend on their bosses’ goodwill.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 14 June 2026
In those years, neighborhood bosses used the literacy test and English-only ballots to hold onto their power and keep Puerto Ricans from voting for minority candidates.
—Robert Polner, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026
Two differing criminal factions want a load of cocaine, but when a poor farmer named Kaalayan (Guru Somasundaram) gets wind of it, his life briefly entangles with the crime bosses, resulting in a bloody final showdown and a delightful twist ending.
—Eric Farwell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
After his bosses declined to acquire a nearby copper mine, Daly bought it himself, which became the foundation of Anaconda Copper, one of the largest mining companies of the 20th century.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Verb
No harm, no foul — as long as the commission bosses back the changes, Zelden said.
—Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
Dano and Collette joined co-stars Abigail Breslin and Greg Kinnear and their director bosses Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris at the screening.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bosses
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After the official signing of the 14-point peace plan between the United States and Iran, world leaders have welcomed the diplomatic efforts.—
Pamela Avila,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
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Tech executives and other business leaders oppose the idea and have threatened to move to other states.—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
Verb
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Milshtein previously served as adviser to COGAT, which supervises civilian policy in the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
19 May 2026
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As chief of patrol, Hein supervises the most visible aspects of the Police Department that define its image in the minds of most Chicagoans, including emergency response, crisis intervention, traffic control, routine patrol and community policing efforts.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2026
Verb
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He was called to the stewards and slapped with a one-race ban that rules him out of Sunday's Grand Prix.—
Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
20 June 2026
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Best player available rules the day.—
Bryan Toporek,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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Labour is losing liberal voters to the growing Green Party and facing a rising Reform UK, the Nigel Farage -led anti-immigration party that consistently leads in nationwide opinion polls.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 June 2026
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An outside team of professionals leads visitors through a two-hour flower arranging session.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
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Customers were very important; workers, foremen.—
Michael Kilian,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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For years after that, TCU alums who had served as Ranch Week foremen or queen would proudly include it on resumes, in professional biographies or when running for office.—
Matt Leclercq,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Aug. 2025
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The Commission for Independent Education, a division of the Florida Department of Education that oversees unaccredited colleges like Carleen, voted to close the entire school, which also offered other programs.—
Annie Martin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 June 2026
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Progetto 11 also clarifies that Coperni is controlled by two entities, Coperni UK Limited, which holds the license with Tomorrow, and Coperni SAS, a French operating company that oversees day-to-day operations.—
Joe Bobowicz,
Vogue,
17 June 2026
Verb
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The appeal was filed after defense attorneys argued successfully that the original grand jury hadn’t been shown the relevant parts of a law that governs how presidential contests are certified.—
Jacques Billeaud,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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Its entire sensor architecture exists to model the HPO axis—the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian system, the hormonal feedback loop that governs nearly every dimension of female physiology.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
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Meanwhile, Lord Corlys Velaryon and his fleet have the city blockaded, while Team Black commands from Dragonstone and Daemon battles in the Riverlands and Aemond broods on the throne, which he’s taken from his maimed brother.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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Isar Aerospace still commands top position among a new generation of European rocket startups, but the company’s efforts to launch a critical test flight of its Spectrum rocket continue to encounter roadblocks, Ars reports.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
19 June 2026
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“Bosses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bosses. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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