Thesaurus results for COMMISSIONER

commissioner

noun

as in superintendent

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Recent Examples of commissioner Merritt Farren, 65, is a lifelong Democrat who switched parties to run for insurance commissioner as a Republican. —

Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026 Diamantis is accused of pressuring several public officials, including Deidre Gifford, the former commissioner of the state Department of Social Services, to get a state Medicaid audit cancelled. —

Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2026 Paul and Mortensen will need to stay 100 feet away from each other, commissioner Russell Minas ruled. —

Pat Saperstein, Variety, 1 May 2026 Ted Terry, that district’s commissioner who served as mayor of Clarkston from 2014 to 2020 and was the youngest mayor in the city’s 135-year history, is an advocate for community-building initiatives featuring art. —

Isadora Pennington, AJC.com, 1 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for commissioner

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Wendy Birhanzel, superintendent of Harrison School District 2 in Colorado, said her district has taken the approach recommended by Epstein, of focusing on the quality of homework while assigning less of it.

— Ariel Gilreath, NPR, 28 Apr. 2026
In response to an inquiry about the search, the district directed the Star-Telegram to its superintendent search page that was updated on April 9.

— Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026