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Recent Examples of directorship
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.
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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
Aged 22, Matheson completed a diploma in sport directorship.
—Stuart James, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
Mladenov must also figure out how to transition Gaza from nearly two decades of Hamas rule to the Palestinian technocratic committee under his directorship.
—Andrew Carey, CNN Money, 18 Jan. 2026
Junnar is stepping away from the directorship at the end of this semester, the same time that her husband, Hiram Chodosh, will leave his position as CMC’s president.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026
The memorandum was cosigned by Vernadsky’s younger colleague Vitalii Khlopin, who had taken over the directorship of the Radium Institute from Vernadsky in 1939.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
In 1984, Dohnányi took over the music directorship of the Cleveland Orchestra, which, since the time of George Szell, has had the reputation of being the most sonically impeccable of American ensembles.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
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
Aged 22, Matheson completed a diploma in sport directorship.
—Stuart James, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
Mladenov must also figure out how to transition Gaza from nearly two decades of Hamas rule to the Palestinian technocratic committee under his directorship.
—Andrew Carey, CNN Money, 18 Jan. 2026
Junnar is stepping away from the directorship at the end of this semester, the same time that her husband, Hiram Chodosh, will leave his position as CMC’s president.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026
The memorandum was cosigned by Vernadsky’s younger colleague Vitalii Khlopin, who had taken over the directorship of the Radium Institute from Vernadsky in 1939.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
In 1984, Dohnányi took over the music directorship of the Cleveland Orchestra, which, since the time of George Szell, has had the reputation of being the most sonically impeccable of American ensembles.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for directorship
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Jue assumed the helm of Ragazzi eight years ago from founding artistic director Joyce Keil and has served for more than 25 years overall as a Ragazzi choral conductor.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
7 June 2026
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But with Disney recently reviving both Scrubs and Malcolm in the Middle, Rhys doesn’t see why that conversation cannot be revisited, especially with Oscar and Emmy winner Sally Field at the helm.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
7 June 2026
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She was wrapped in a blanket in her favorite chair.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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Chan, 47, who was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to San Francisco with her family at age 13, was first elected to the Board of Supervisors in 2020, and has been chair of its budget committee since February 2023.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
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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
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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
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Let my trusty spreadsheet walk you through how local real estate was whipsawed over Powell’s eight years — splitting his chairmanship into the first four years against the last four.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
28 May 2026
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Those are some of the extraordinary events that unfolded during the eight-year chairmanship of Jerome Powell at the Federal Reserve, an institution tasked with managing the economy to achieve maximum employment and stable prices.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
15 May 2026
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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
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The Tribune’s second punch to Nixon’s presidency was delivered on May 9, 1974.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2026
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Hunter Biden, who got his juris doctor from Yale Law School in 1996, was a frequent target of Republicans during his father’s presidency.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
6 June 2026
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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
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Massey teaches the superintendency course and the principalship course at the University of Minnesota.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Directorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/directorship. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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