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as in director
a person who directs a musical ensemble
The orchestra thanked their conductor for pulling together such a memorable performance.
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Grieg's Piano Concerto, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Under guest conductor Rune Bergmann, the MSO has lined up a program of music from Scandinavian composers.
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Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Richard Harrell directs, and Matilda Hofman is the conductor.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Neither the engineer nor the conductor of the train had done anything wrong, while the driver of the car did at least two obvious things wrong.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
The most interesting and unexpected collaborator, however, is Rosalía’s executive producer Daníel Bjarnason, who is the conductor for the London Symphony Orchestra.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
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Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Richard Harrell directs, and Matilda Hofman is the conductor.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Neither the engineer nor the conductor of the train had done anything wrong, while the driver of the car did at least two obvious things wrong.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
The most interesting and unexpected collaborator, however, is Rosalía’s executive producer Daníel Bjarnason, who is the conductor for the London Symphony Orchestra.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conductor
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Tad Sours, the county's communications director, released a statement saying the project will proceed.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Nov. 2025
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As promised, the memoir focuses on the years 1977 to 1980, when Robertson became close pals and housemates with director Martin Scorsese, more entrenched in the Hollywood community and less with his former mates in the Band.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
2 Nov. 2025
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The Ram's driver, Kolton Blees, 30, of Pearcy was injured, the report says.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Oct. 2025
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The last American driver to win an F1 race was Mario Andretti in the late 1970s.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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His own composer as usual, Amenabar here tends to underline the film’s shortcomings, rather than elevate its idiosyncrasies with an original score that’s too conventional by half.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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Working within restricted space, Lanthimos felt the need to go big with the filmmaking, both with supervising sound editor/re-recording mixer Johnnie Burn’s sound design and composer Jerskin Fendrix’s music, which is by far the biggest score in the score-adverse director’s career.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
31 Oct. 2025
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Staff were required to clean and sanitize the kitchen immediately and arrange for a licensed pest control operator to service the facility within 24 hours.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Oct. 2025
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Maersk’s terminal operator is set to build a new 1,300-foot container berth at Alabama’s Port of Mobile that would expand capacity at the gateway by 50 percent.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
31 Oct. 2025
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As a musician, Duchovny has released three studio albums — Hell or Highwater (2015), Every Third Thought (2018), and Gestureland (2021) — and has performed to audiences around the globe.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
28 Oct. 2025
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Brian Ross Weitz, the Animal Collective musician better known as Geologist, has announced his debut solo studio album.—
Matthew Strauss,
Pitchfork,
28 Oct. 2025
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From the early tinkerers who first imagined electrical speech to the engineers who built continental cables, digital switching, satellites, and wireless networks, countless inventors have pushed the limits of how far and how fast a human voice can travel.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Oct. 2025
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Punk needed sound engineers; this movement needs stage managers who can code.—
Bob Bonniol,
Rolling Stone,
29 Oct. 2025
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Decisions made in Gyeongju are non-binding — and leaders have faced difficulty reaching consensus in the past including on thorny issues like Russia’s war in Ukraine.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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In Axios, Alexander Solender and Marc Caputo report on the half-dozen labor leaders who have urged Democrats to vote for government funding and end the shutdown without conditions.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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This watch guide was created using technology provided by Data Skrive.—
Data Skrive,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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For a more traditional bar experience, take a look at our etiquette guide to British pubs.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Conductor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conductor. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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