Thesaurus results for GOVERNOR

governor

noun

Definition of governor

as in administrator

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Recent Examples of governor That’s where the competitive Wisconsin governor’s contest between Republican Congressman Tom Tiffany and Democrat Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley is going down to the wire. — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026 Election Day is Tuesday, with the governor’s race showdown between incumbent Kathy Hochul and GOP challenger Bruce Blakeman at the top of the ballot for those in New York City. — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026 On Tuesday, Sunflower State voters will choose their next governor. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026 In Alaska, Bernadette Wilson, who is of Aleut heritage, is a Republican candidate for governor. — Chad De Guzman, Time, 2 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for governor

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Noun

Questions also remain about the district’s disciplinary investigation, Young’s employment status and what changes, if any, administrators will make to the football program before next season.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026
Public school district administrators across the county pushed to get the proposition on the ballot, which, if adopted, will add more to county homeowners’ tax burden.

— Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of administrator

Noun

Former TikTok executive Dustin Goot and former Vice exec Subrata De are both joining in senior roles, alongside media operators Alexandra Zaslow and Brannan Goetschius.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
But Joseph Chalom, CEO of SharpLink, one of the largest corporate holders of the cryptocurrency ether, and a former BlackRock executive, expects the gates to stay shut for a while.

— Kevin Williams, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of executive

Noun

In fact, just prior to our conversation, it was announced that Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman will become the new deputy director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 7 Nov. 2026
Eisenkot is a former chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces, serving as the country's top military commander from 2015 to 2019.

— Tara Neill, NPR, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of commander

Noun

Ballard was Newsom’s communications director from 2007 to 2010, when the outgoing governor was mayor of San Francisco.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
Anna Saavedra serves as the director of the Center for Civic Society within the University of Southern California Schaeffer Institute for Public Policy and Government Service.

— Ismar Volić, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of director

Noun

There could also be a bipartisan pushback on the rising cost of hospital care as well as pharmacy benefit managers, which act as middlemen to negotiate drug prices and rebates on behalf of insurers and employers.

— Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2026
The contract deadline for union security workers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and their maritime employers has been pushed back to Friday, again prolonging the threat of a potential strike at the San Pedro Bay docks.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of employer

Noun

Healey previously served as the state's attorney general for two terms.

— CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
Typically, the general in the position and their staff are responsible for generating and coordinating military plans for both the chairman of the Joint Chiefs and the president.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of general

Noun

Listyo previously served as national police chief after being appointed by then-President Joko Widodo in 2021.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2026
Barrera, Shaw and Tony Thurmond, outgoing state schools chief, voiced opposition to the plan that is now final.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of chief

Noun

Richard Barrera will be the next state superintendent of public instruction, with opponent Sonja Shaw conceding the race on Wednesday.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
In 1790, Robert Morris, the superintendent of finances during the Continental Congress and a financier of the American Revolution, asked Congress to investigate his handling of the country’s finances and was exonerated of any wrongdoing.

— Gibbs Knotts, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2026

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