1
as in manager
a person who manages or directs something
the new director of the company plans to make a number of changes in daily operations
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as in producer
a person who supervises the production of a stage show
the director of the drama club's next production will be a student
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Recent Examples of director
Jones previously held the position of men’s artistic director of Louis Vuitton, as well as Dior and Fendi.
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Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 13 July 2025
Since the company does not have a majority voting standard in uncontested elections, all three directors remain on the board.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 12 July 2025
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a former Congressional Budget Office director and president of the center-right American Action Forum, said the letters were evidence that serious trade talks were not taking place over the past three months.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 12 July 2025
The family at the heart of the story run a tourism business allowing Cappadocia to feature in a way that naturally chimes with the narrative, but the connection between landscape and plot runs far deeper, series director Murat Saraçoğlu says.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 1 July 2025
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Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 13 July 2025
Since the company does not have a majority voting standard in uncontested elections, all three directors remain on the board.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 12 July 2025
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a former Congressional Budget Office director and president of the center-right American Action Forum, said the letters were evidence that serious trade talks were not taking place over the past three months.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 12 July 2025
The family at the heart of the story run a tourism business allowing Cappadocia to feature in a way that naturally chimes with the narrative, but the connection between landscape and plot runs far deeper, series director Murat Saraçoğlu says.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for director
Noun
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Among those who noticed was Rams general manager Les Snead.—
Dan Pompei,
New York Times,
10 July 2025
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The Eero Plus subscription is expensive ($10 per month or $100 per year) but includes comprehensive parental controls, advanced security, ad blocking, and even a password manager and VPN service.—
Simon Hill,
Wired News,
10 July 2025
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The producers delve into sometimes mainstream, sometimes obscure topics, such as the woman who wanted to run an ultramarathon against a horse and a longform project on amateur ice hockey player Hobey Baker.—
Toni Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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Hannigan, a newer recruit to the Di Bona troupe, noted that the producer’s innate kindness and consideration impressed her from the start.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
12 July 2025
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Inside organizations, executives are struggling to create and adapt AI policies as fast as the technology is being developed.—
Susan LaMotte,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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The near-unanimous votes reflected deep shareholder trust in the boards and executives who defended DEI publicly and forcefully.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
1 July 2025
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No matter how daffy some of it is, the production has the important factor of clarity; a quality that the great stage director Peter Hall used to say is a vital component of any revival of a classic.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
4 Apr. 2025
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That would be lyricist Fred Ebb, playwright Terrence McNally and original star Chita Rivera, key figures behind the 1993 Broadway musical, alongside composer John Kander and stage director Harold Prince.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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Climate United Fund and other nonprofits in March sued the Environmental Protection Agency, its administrator Lee Zeldin and Citibank, which held the program’s money.—
Michael Phillis,
Chicago Tribune,
4 July 2025
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The closure of Jackson South’s labor and delivery unit is the latest in South Florida and comes at a time when many hospitals across the country have closed their maternity wards, with administrators often citing costs and staffing issues.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
3 July 2025
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But a longstanding argument against any updates to the sculpture, said Dan Wenk, the former superintendent of Mount Rushmore National Memorial, is that the piece of art is already finished, visually and rhetorically.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
5 July 2025
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Adam Friday resigned as acting superintendent for the sanitation department, effective June 3, two weeks after the incident with Street Commissioner Brandon Downey, town records show.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
4 July 2025
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Gartner was Rodriguez-Kennedy’s immediate supervisor.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 July 2025
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In Cincinnati, supervisors at NIOSH’s two local sites – both of which investigate claims of injury and illness and develop programs to prevent them – were put on administrative last Tuesday.—
Patricia Gallagher Newberry,
The Enquirer,
3 July 2025
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“Director.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/director. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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