gaffers

noun

plural of gaffer
1
as in graybeards

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as in managers

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  1. patriarchs
  2. managers
  3. old-timers
  4. supervisors
  5. geriatrics
  6. superintendents
  7. ancients
  8. overseers
Noun
  • The patriarchs of élite white families banded together, organizing secret paramilitaries that could be activated on a moment’s notice.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 3 July 2026
  • Sometimes finding the right trees can be an adventure, hiking into forests and mountains to find the oldest trees, patriarchs that hold centuries of information.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 28 June 2026
Definition of patriarchs
Noun
  • When equity programs feel disconnected from business strategy or day-to-day workflows, managers treat them as optional compliance exercises rather than core leadership behaviors.
    — Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Dale Morris, one of the leading names in the ranks of Nashville music managers, who helped build up superstar careers for the group Alabama and then Kenny Chesney nearly from scratch, died Friday at 89.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of managers
Noun
  • Something, oh, like a roly-poly, 73-year-old manager tumbling ass over teakettle, as the old-timers say, when a bat thrown by Vladimir Guerrero clipped his left hip.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 13 July 2026
  • The three-wheelers are a far cry from the old-timers that only a year ago cruised the streets spewing clouds of black smoke.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
Definition of old-timers
Noun
  • His company serves as a representative for songs when music supervisors look to place them in movies.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026
  • El Dorado County supervisors took a step toward loosening controversial regulations on vacation properties like Airbnbs and Vrbo rentals on the county’s west slope.
    — Haley Parsley August 20, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of supervisors
Noun
  • The hospital complex in San Francisco was ranked top nationally in several specialties as well, including geriatrics, pulmonology — the treatment of respiratory conditions — and lung surgery.
    — Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The report rated hospital performance in 14 specialties or specialty areas, ranging from cancer to geriatrics to urology.
    — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of geriatrics
Noun
  • The 40-member commission includes legislators, college presidents, superintendents, teachers’ union leaders, CBIA, and state officials, among others.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Courtney Bearsch, chief communications officer for the Indiana Department of Education, said Wednesday the DOE has been in contact with multiple superintendents and school leaders across the state over the past week.
    — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of superintendents
Noun
  • The exhibit features several dozen dinosaur animatronics that fully loom and roar, and a virtual aquarium stocked with swimming ancients.
    — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 21 May 2026
Definition of ancients
Noun
  • The miners were overwhelmingly Black, while their overseers were white men.
    — Edward D. Melillo, Fortune, 27 July 2026
  • But in an outward show of IP confidence with almost no Hollywood precedent, Universal’s corporate overseers decided to allocate theme-park real estate for How to Train Your Dragon in Epic Universe.
    — Chris Lee, Vulture, 14 July 2026
Definition of overseers
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