BOSSES (AROUND) Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

bosses (around)

verb

present tense third-person singular of boss (around)

as in orders

to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority that regional manager certainly likes to boss people around

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In one of the most memorable scenes from Homer’s 2,800-year-old poem, Odysseus ties himself to a ship mast and orders his crew to plug their ears with beeswax, so as not to be lured in by the dulcet yet deadly songs of the Sirens.

— Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 14 July 2026
Examples are a prompt that orders the LLM to provide steps for developing inhalable Anthrax spores, or, in the case of LLMs from Chinese developers, make references to the iconic Tank Man from the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026

Definition of orders

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Erez picks it up, stares through the crosshairs, as a voice on the phone instructs them how to aim and shoot.

— Marisa Fox, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026
Diranersen is what’s called an antisense oligonucleotide that doesn't attack tau buildup but instead instructs a tau-producing gene to produce less.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026

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The sanctions bill has gone through several iterations but still commands a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 13 July 2026
The track commands not only the Billboard Hot 100, but also several of the tallies that help build the main songs roster in the nation.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

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