as in boss
the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do
asked the shift foreman if he could take a break
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Recent Examples of foreman
Bernie’s an engineer with the Highway Commission, Vic manages a supermarket bakery, and Don is a foreman at the Green Bay Packaging Corporation.
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Doris Decleene, Outdoor Life, 25 Feb. 2026
The sweatshop foreman may say that the little girls sewing sneakers have never been better taken care of, but their moist eyes say, Send help now.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
For the past seven months, Keogh, a member of Laborers’ Local 731, has been a foreman at a construction site off of the West Side Highway in Manhattan, preparing the New York-side landing for a massive twin-tube rail tunnel that will ultimately connect Penn Station to the New Jersey Meadowlands.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026
By designation, Chitol was Chargeman B, the intermediate grade among chargemen, reporting to a foreman, and himself in charge of about a dozen skilled artisans and mistries and half a dozen khalasis.
—Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
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Doris Decleene, Outdoor Life, 25 Feb. 2026
The sweatshop foreman may say that the little girls sewing sneakers have never been better taken care of, but their moist eyes say, Send help now.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
For the past seven months, Keogh, a member of Laborers’ Local 731, has been a foreman at a construction site off of the West Side Highway in Manhattan, preparing the New York-side landing for a massive twin-tube rail tunnel that will ultimately connect Penn Station to the New Jersey Meadowlands.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026
By designation, Chitol was Chargeman B, the intermediate grade among chargemen, reporting to a foreman, and himself in charge of about a dozen skilled artisans and mistries and half a dozen khalasis.
—Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreman
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Initially premiering at the Midnight Screening at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, Gangster Cop Devil tells of a police officer and a crime boss who reluctantly team-up to track down a serial killer.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
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David will play his boss, Garner Taggert, who runs the Garner Taggart PI Agency where his son Mitch and Mickey are the main PIs.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
10 Mar. 2026
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The conflict was sparked by Hezbollah targeting Israel after the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, breaking a 2024 ceasefire that in any case had largely failed.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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Now that local leaders have cleared the way, CoreCivic can begin accepting detainees under its $60 million-a-year contract with ICE.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
11 Mar. 2026
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Panama’s Jonathan Araúz exchanged shouts and pushes with manager José Mayorga when the pinch hitter returned to the dugout after grounding out leading off the ninth.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Mar. 2026
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It’s taken Santiago Espinal less than three weeks to make an impression on Dodgers manager Dave Roberts.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Pike believed the captain was from Engine 69, which would have been McIndoe.—
Alene Tchekmedyian,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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On Baywatch, the wild child Hobie Buchannon (Amell) from the original series is now a Baywatch captain, following in the footsteps of his legendary father Mitch (played by David Hasselhoff in the OG series).—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
11 Mar. 2026
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Yet the chief said the fire intensity from the new grasses is not as strong as from the native plants.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
9 Mar. 2026
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The chief of the AMIA investigative unit also issued an international arrest warrant for Ali Asghar Hejazi, a senior Iranian official described as a close aide to Khamenei who so far has apparently survived the attacks on Iran’s leadership.—
Juan Melamed,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2026
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Open positions include detention officer, recreation supervisor, certified medical assistant, psychiatrist, shift supervisor, assistant shift supervisor, master scheduler, locksmith, maintenance worker and human resource assistant.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
11 Mar. 2026
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And though the grill master in you may automatically want to put a firepit or outdoor kitchen under your new corner pergola, doing so could pose a serious fire or smoke hazard.—
Melissa Minton,
Architectural Digest,
10 Mar. 2026
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The release was accompanied by a statement from the commander of Ramat David Air Base describing recent missions flown deep into Iranian territory, including operations over the capital, Tehran.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Mar. 2026
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Our commanders factor all of this.—
Major Garrett,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Foreman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreman. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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