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director

noun

də-ˈrek-tər

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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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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 After retiring in 1977, Mazzola held an executive position at Inter and then went on to become the team's sporting director from 1995 to 1999. — ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026 The agency’s new director issued an unusually harsh public rebuke. — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026 Dudamel’s New York Dream The New York Philharmonic’s new music director is admired by composers and audiences alike. — The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026 Here in San Sebastian, Watts is also joined by her Housewife cast and director, Ben Shirinian. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for director

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Between 26 and 35 vessels per day have transited this week, down from the 35 to 40 daily average of the prior eight weeks, according to Dimitris Ampatzidis, maritime risk and compliance manager at Kpler.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
Young texted the Triple-A manager on his way out of Wrigley Field, asking to be put in the lineup that night.

— Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026

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Harbour, who is an executive producer of the series along with Bateman, originated the project after being inspired by a New Yorker true-crime article about a fatal suburban love triangle.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
As a practical matter, American producers do not export enough dairy to Canada to trigger the tax, according to the International Dairy Foods Association.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of producer

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Coates, Miller, and Reed executive produce alongside Spencer for Orit Entertainment; Waddingham; Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, and Irene Yeung for Double Dream; Brian Clisham; and Stephanie Kluft.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
Fox attorneys also accused executives at both Dominion and Smartmatic of destroying evidence in their respective cases, and sought sanctions.

— Maddy Lauria, NPR, 20 Sep. 2026

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The plot, which stage director Adam Cioffari has moved to the present day, is about a small Italian opera company’s rehearsal gone wrong due to a titanic clash of egos.

— Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2026
New movie about Bay Area legend Writer, filmmaker and stage director Luis Valdez, who spent much of his life in the South Bay, is the subject of an award-winning movie that’s screening in local theaters.

— Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 30 July 2026

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The project is currently on track to be considered at a zoning administrator meeting in early 2027.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Commission on Elections Chairman Erwin Garcia reported that Cotabato City has been put under the commission’s control, with an administrator to be designated after a shooting late Sunday killed three people and injured 15 others.

— Teresa Cerojano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

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Medical contractor supervisors confirmed that Sims was not prescribed the medication at the time and that it was not documented as having been administered, investigators said.

— CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
Clarify priorities with a supervisor during a calm moment today.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 16 Sep. 2026

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