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Recent Examples of commissioners
At the local level, Travis County will have two Democratic primaries for commissioners, Williamson County will have one Republican commissioner primary and Bastrop County will have one Republican and one Democratic county judge primary.
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Statesman Staff, Austin American Statesman, 2 Mar. 2026
Statesman Staff, Austin American Statesman, 2 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commissioners
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The new rules were approved by the county's recreation and park commission last week, and they are scheduled to go before the board of supervisors for a vote in the next two months.—
James Taylor,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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But supervisors may monitor campaigns in person.—
Kathy Kristof,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Other managers, including Blue Owl Capital and Cliffwater, have also scrambled to halt or restrict withdrawals in recent weeks, as rising default fears spark an investor retreat from the sector.—
Hugh Leask,
CNBC,
25 Mar. 2026
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Across industries, there’s palpable angst about the impending AI onslaught and how best to prepare workers, managers, and—above all—themselves for the new reality that lies ahead.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
25 Mar. 2026
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The directors didn’t mention an easy solution.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
26 Mar. 2026
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Progress for directors peaked in 2023, with 20 women and nonbinary directors represented in the Top 100 films.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
25 Mar. 2026
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As the athletic director, the administrators, our job is to be the bulldozer.—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Two school administrators told police the girl also reported Vang touched her thigh the prior spring and that he had already been talked to about hugging young female students, the criminal complaint said.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
30 Mar. 2026
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In those cases, superintendents have often had time to cultivate other leaders who can ease the transition when the current superintendent retires.—
Silas Allen,
Dallas Morning News,
24 Mar. 2026
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The superintendents of Catawba County Schools and Hickory City Schools did not respond to requests for comment, but Hickory City Schools has posted notices on its website with concerns about funding, services, and the potential reassignment of students.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Mar. 2026
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When Silicon Valley executives and federal lawmakers gathered at the Hill and Valley Forum on Tuesday,, a conference designed to bridge the gap between Big Tech and Washington, artificial intelligence dominated the whole event.—
Jacqueline Munis,
Fortune,
26 Mar. 2026
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Meantime, major airline executives including those at Delta, United Airlines, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines are pressuring Congress to end the shutdown and — in the longer term — enact new laws to effectively put TSA pay on autopilot.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Mar. 2026
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The city of Blue Springs says these improvements are required to bring the plant into compliance with new environmental standards by 2030, which were set by state and federal regulators.—
Joseph Hernandez
March 29,
Kansas City Star,
29 Mar. 2026
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At Delta, for example, a leader trying to build a biometric boarding-pass system with startup Clear had to navigate the airline’s own IT department, federal regulators at TSA, and the startup’s risk tolerance — simultaneously.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
29 Mar. 2026
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Rheinmetall was an obvious place for bureaucrats to direct the Zeitenwende funds.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
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Yet if the denial of a driver’s license is based on such arbitrary factors as a victim’s advocacy, or a defendant’s remorse, or public opinion, or the whims of state bureaucrats, the results are inconsistent.—
Rachel Swan,
San Francisco Chronicle,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Commissioners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commissioners. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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