Thesaurus results for COMMISSIONERS

commissioners

noun

plural of commissioner

as in supervisors

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Recent Examples of commissioners For months, a handful of county commissioners – most notably Chairman Anthony Rodriguez and fellow commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgens – blocked the center from coming up for a vote. — Jim Defede, CBS News, 21 June 2026 County staff briefings with commissioners, as well as commissioner discussions at the dais, could result in some property tax funds getting yanked from the deal’s final framework. — Nicolas Villamil, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026 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. — Statesman Staff, Austin American Statesman, 2 Mar. 2026

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Noun

Jaynes, investigators say, fled the scene and didn't alert police or his supervisors at the company.

— Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 29 July 2026
According to the complaint, Grigsby attempted to tell Martinez that concerns about a defense attorney’s performance should be directed to supervisors rather than discussed in open court.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026

Definition of supervisors

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Many large conglomerates were delivering mediocre results; managers were widely seen as empire-builders more interested in size and stability than returns.

— Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Money managers with sustainable mandates have warned that holding SpaceX would expose investors to an array of heightened risks that, aside from governance issues, includes stewardship worries as well as basic valuation questions.

— Alastair Marsh, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of managers

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Clinicians and administrators remain in control, but decision making becomes faster, more proactive and focused on delivering better patient care.

— Prathap Rao, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
That ruling put the thumb on the scale in favor of school administrators’ judgment calls, according to the appeals court judges who backed Tri County Area Schools in the dispute over the sweatshirt.

— Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of administrators

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These voices say the move allows an outgoing governor to cement control over education for years, limiting the ability of future superintendents to counterbalance the governor’s agenda.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
That afternoon, an email from CDE chief deputy superintendents Dave Schapira and Ingrid Robertson announced that employees could work remotely through that Friday, June 5.

— Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of superintendents

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No two competing baseball executives live so close to each other, or are able to meet up and share war stories about their owners, players or the local media.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2026
Over the past decade, network executives have overhauled the program time and again, asking viewers to make connections with anchors including Scott Pelley, Norah O’Donnell and Jeff Glor, only to revise plans every few years.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of executives

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Builders are transparent about this, while regulators like ESMA and SEC's Hester Peirce warn of investor misunderstanding, emphasizing that tokenized securities remain securities without magical blockchain properties.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Under the law, local agencies are responsible for setting rules, which state regulators review.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026

Definition of regulators

Noun

Porter sketched Trotsky holding forth at a conference table, proselytizing to the American bureaucrats.

— Dan Chiasson, The New York Review of Books, 1 Aug. 2026
Businesses and bureaucrats got an early indicator this week of whether the World Cup was worth the cost for Los Angeles — beer sales.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026

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