directress

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Recent Examples of directress Christine Trimmer, a lower elementary directress who works with children ages six to nine, said Normile frequently goes above and beyond the call of duty. Duard Headley, The Enquirer, 13 Aug. 2020 Tilda Swinton plays Madame Blanc, the vice directress of the school; Chloë Grace Moretz, Mia Goth, and Lutz Ebersdorf also star; and Jessica Harper, the original Suzy, makes an appearance. Vogue, 23 Aug. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for directress
Noun
  • Led by Miles Macquarrie, the restaurant’s beverage director and winner of the 2024 Michelin Guide Exceptional Cocktails Award, the cocktail menu is extensive but intentionally curated.
    Blair Crosby, AJC.com, 5 July 2026
  • Adam Hoffer is director of excise tax policy at the Tax Foundation.
    Adam Hoffer, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Noun
  • Kelce played a bully of a restaurant manager who fires a busboy (played by Bad Bunny).
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • Offers three-credit-bureau monitoring, VPN, dark web monitoring, password manager, email aliases and instant credit lock.
    Brian Sloan, CNBC, 3 July 2026
Noun
  • In the weeks since Fable 5 and Mythos 5 were forced out of commission, industry leaders and experts became increasingly worried that the ad-hoc ban would threaten America’s AI lead against China.
    Jared Perlo, NBC news, 1 July 2026
  • According to Smith, citizens of East Florida even burned the leaders behind the Declaration of Independence in effigy.
    Hank Tester, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • Organizer and conductor Michael Fennelly told USA TODAY that Clinton's team asked for her involvement to be unpromoted due to security concerns.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • What Actually Runs The Loop In the future, agentic AI plays the instruments, and the campaign strategist becomes an autonomous conductor.
    Phoena Pang, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

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“Directress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/directress. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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