conductor

noun

Definition of conductornext
1
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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2
as in driver
a person who collects money or fares on a train or bus She asked the train's conductor when they would arrive at the next station.

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Recent Examples of conductor Their solution replaces traditional solid conductors with hollow ones, allowing coolant to flow through the wire itself. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026 Architect Renzo Piano contributes a foreword, as does conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen, who worked closely with Frank Gehry on the design of Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles. — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026 When the team was restarting the power plant, a power cable feeding the refrigerant pump also failed when an imperfection in the cable casing allowed seawater to seep in and short two of the electrical conductors. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026 Unlike the Vienna Philharmonic, which has no music director and engages only guest conductors, Berlin is led by a single musician with a distinct personality. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for conductor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conductor
  1. director
  2. driver
  3. composer
  4. operator
  5. musician
  6. engineer
  7. leader
  8. guide
Noun
  • Ballard was Newsom’s communications director from 2007 to 2010, when the outgoing governor was mayor of San Francisco.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Anna Saavedra serves as the director of the Center for Civic Society within the University of Southern California Schaeffer Institute for Public Policy and Government Service.
    — Ismar Volić, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
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  • The driver lost control at the Francisquito Avenue off-ramp and slammed into a wall.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
  • Davis officials said local police did not assist federal immigration agents during Thursday’s operation, although an officer issued a citation to a driver who was honking a car horn near Cowell Boulevard and Lillard Drive.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2026
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  • Unlike the composer’s typically massive, sprawling drones, these pieces for pipe organ—accompanied by guitarist Stephen O’Malley and cellist Lucy Railton—are finely filigreed miniatures.
    — Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The ceremony honors composers, songwriters, music supervisors and artists for their contributions to music in film, television, video games and other visual media.
    — Isabelle Farina, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of composer
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  • Luna pitched himself to county voters as a calmly effective operator who has brought down crime while building relationships with local, state and federal leaders that suffered under his predecessor’s tenure.
    — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
  • If power fails or core temperatures rise, the system shuts down and the liquid fuel salt drains by gravity into passive dump tanks without operator action.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of operator
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  • The musicians and their audiences were not always considerate of the neighbors in the largely residential neighborhood.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Lee compared the shift to the arrival of sound, which cost theater musicians their jobs, and the move from film to digital cameras, which raised the editor’s importance.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of musician
Noun
  • Together, these developments enable engineers to improve performance, capacity, and efficiency across modern electronics.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Arizona resident Jay Pea, a former software engineer and the founder of the nonprofit Save Standard Time, also wants to put an end to the twice-annual clock adjustments.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of engineer
Noun
  • City leaders see the measure as a way to make housing more accessible to young families and boost declining enrollment in the Davis Joint Unified School District, which is weighing school closures.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Luna pitched himself to county voters as a calmly effective operator who has brought down crime while building relationships with local, state and federal leaders that suffered under his predecessor’s tenure.
    — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of leader
Noun
  • Cytopoint injections can cost ​roughly $50 to $200 per treatment, while monthly Librela ​injections are estimated at about $65 to $250 depending ⁠on dog size, according to pricing guides published by Vety, MarketWatch and SpectrumCare.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Perhaps the map on the frontispiece is not just an aid for reading, but a suggestion that the book itself is a kind of guide, showing us a path toward a tolerance and civic engagement that seem as threatened as Grouse County’s fields and farms.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2026
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