gaffer

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Recent Examples of gaffer With Vermes now out at Kansas City, there only two who currently occupy that dual role: San Jose Earthquakes boss Bruce Arena, and Chicago Fire gaffer Gregg Berhalter. Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025 But the Colorado gaffer was not alone in shrinking in the moment. Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025 One lady was a stage manager, another read lines with actors, someone else was a gaffer. Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025 That belief is all down to the gaffer. Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gaffer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gaffer
Noun
  • After the sudden death of the farm’s patriarch, Arnaud Lasserre, Alba becomes the main suspect.
    Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 9 July 2025
  • Based on the first episode that dropped Monday and promos of episodes to come, the family patriarch and his dream of an agricultural empire seem to no longer be the focus of the reality TV series based in northwest Missouri that is streaming on Bravo and Peacock.
    Mike Hendricks July 6, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • The Eero Plus subscription is expensive ($10 per month or $100 per year) but includes comprehensive parental controls, advanced security, ad blocking, and even a password manager and VPN service.
    Simon Hill, Wired News, 10 July 2025
  • Instead of trying to memorize dozens of complex passwords, a password manager securely stores them for you and automatically fills them in when needed.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • The boss man certainly has a soft spot for the graybeard – and Whitworth literally has a graying beard – who's been so exceptional over the years while protecting quarterbacks Jared Goff and Matthew Stafford, which is only a small part of what he's meant to the Rams.
    Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Immediately, four dogs bound out of a modest pine log cabin, barking their fool heads off; there's George, a fluffy Newfoundland with a graybeard's tired face; Bunny, an Old English sheepdog; and Shih Tzus Clementine and Bear, the latter of whom cannot and will not be befriended.
    Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2021
Noun
  • As the skipper of a 2024 pennant-winner, Boone has the honor of managing the American League in this year’s All-Star Game.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 26 June 2025
  • Register at skippers meeting at 10 a.m. July 4 at the yacht club, 1950 Harbor Drive North.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • Does the town still have a past outside the fading memories of its old-timers?
    John Carlisle, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
  • More deals may or may not emerge – old-timer Mediacom is still operating independently - but none may ever again represent a real realignment in the cable world.
    Howard Homonoff, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • Gartner was Rodriguez-Kennedy’s immediate supervisor.
    Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2025
  • In Cincinnati, supervisors at NIOSH’s two local sites – both of which investigate claims of injury and illness and develop programs to prevent them – were put on administrative last Tuesday.
    Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • Who among us oldsters doesn’t enjoy a good VFX-costume parlay?
    Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Folks back in the day had Yoda as their feisty oldster and the kids now have Maz. 36.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 24 May 2023
Noun
  • Producers include longtime franchise stewards Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley, with Spielberg and Denis Stewart exec producing.
    Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 1 July 2025
  • It’s meant to thrill, not replicate a steward’s report.
    Kanzah Maktoum, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025

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“Gaffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaffer. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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