directorship

noun

Definition of directorshipnext
as in chieftainship

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Recent Examples of directorship This year is the first under the directorship of Kelly Cornell, who also runs the Dallas Art Fair and brought some exhibitors from that event to the breathtaking mountain setting. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 30 July 2026 Our conversation touched on every stage of Sarah’s career, from her days as a student journalist to her current directorship of Yale’s investigative reporting lab. — Literary Hub, 28 July 2026 Wright Pinson took the directorship, and the founding chapter closed. — Bill Frist, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 The two men met when García was teaching at LaSalle College of the Arts and discovered Robot Playground Media, recognized something in each other’s approach to the medium, and eventually formalized their partnership into a co-directorship. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 June 2026 The legacy of rules dates back to 1972, initially shaped by choreographer Texie Waterman and expanded during Suzanne Mitchell's directorship from 1976 to 1989. — Maddie Garfinkle, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026 McMahon, who has led PED as its interim director since the departure of Nicolle Newton last September, was offered the directorship last month by Mayor Kaohly Her. — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 14 May 2026 Ortiz assumed directorship of MAMBO in March 2024, arriving from the field of journalism and media, with no experience in museum management. — News Desk, Artforum, 1 May 2026 But with being recently appointed music director of the Swedish Radio Symphony, general music director of the city of Cologne and being principal conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica Nationale della RAI in Turin, Italy, Orozco-Estrada is an unlikely candidate for a music directorship here. — Steven Winn, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for directorship
  1. helm
  2. chair
  3. headship
  4. chairmanship
  5. deanship
  6. presidency
  7. superintendency
Noun
  • Weiss is currently on pace for 98 in his inaugural season at the Braves helm.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Mic checking at their helm was my one-man welcoming committee, Ryan Bland.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of helm
Noun
  • No manufacturer wants a multimillion-dollar jet sitting on the tarmac awaiting chairs or flying across the Atlantic carrying ghost suites.
    — Edward Russell, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
  • In the kitchen, Daytrip updated an original orange bench with new cushions, and paired it with a Charlotte Perriand table and chairs by Pierre Chapo.
    — Nicolas Milon, Architectural Digest, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of chair
Noun
  • These chapters exist under the headship of the National Students for Justice in Palestine, who distributed a toolkit identifying themselves as part of the Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.
    — Jeremiah Poff, Washington Examiner, 24 Oct. 2023
  • If people question the absolute infallibility of scripture, perhaps favoring a more literary or historical approach, then the case for male headship collapses.
    — Audrey Clare Farley, The New Republic, 3 Jan. 2022
Definition of headship
Noun
  • Martin also has the support of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), who stood behind Martin’s chairmanship while stumping in Pennsylvania over the weekend.
    — Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 27 July 2026
  • The flare-up complicates a week Manila had hoped would showcase its ASEAN chairmanship.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 21 July 2026
Definition of chairmanship
Noun
  • An additional $5 million will fund a deanship, $3 million will support a chair in biomedical engineering, and $5 million will establish a research fund for faculty fellowships, emphasizing cross-disciplinary collaboration.
    — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Definition of deanship
Noun
  • For much of López Obrador’s six-year presidency, from 2018 to 2024, López Beltrán, the second of his four children, stayed out of party politics and focused on a chocolate business.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • There were fewer seasons during his presidency, so that may be why.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of presidency
Noun
  • Carvalho’s later Form 700s — for the entire period of his superintendency — are nearly blank.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026
  • The fallout In the aftermath of the UFT’s formal notice, a letter campaign was launched that asked Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels not to appoint Lynch-Reyes to the permanent superintendency.
    — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2026
Definition of superintendency

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“Directorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/directorship. Accessed 18 Aug. 2026.

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