leadman

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Recent Examples of leadman Osorio joined the company in 2011 and has worked as an apprentice carpenter, carpenter, leadman, foreman, and assistant superintendent. Cindy Kent, Sun-Sentinel.com, 3 May 2017
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Noun
  • If a supervisor pings during family time, propose a clear callback window.
    Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2026
  • Chaos erupted after activist and opponent to Henyard Jedidiah Brown called the former supervisor an expletive, leading both Woods and Henyard to enter the melee.
    Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • Under Cooper’s order, the center’s managers plan to meet with the board in mid-July to vote on how to move forward on construction, according to a Justice Department filing June 19.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 23 June 2026
  • Giants manager Tony Vitello was about to pinch-run for Devers in hopes of adding speed on the bases to tie the game.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • Until then, viewers can enjoy the boiling, sometimes exploding, tension between Rob-Will and Rip, the new Jackson-family ranch foreman.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 19 June 2026
  • Joaquin tries to explain what happened with Chet, but Rip doesn’t want to talk about the ranch’s dead ex-foreman.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • Likewise, the board has approved several permanent replacements selected by Chait for top administrators who are leaving the district, including the departing deputy superintendent of instruction, Karla Estrada.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2026
  • Players can make choices — answer the call from Claire (Sink), go out into the hallway, try and get in touch with your superintendent to figure out what’s going on — and depending on those decisions, the game will play out differently.
    Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • The agency problem is built on the assumption that principals needed protecting from agents.
    Mary Johnstone-Louis, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
  • Alzubi was announced as the incoming principal of Western Hills High School on May 22, but Fort Worth ISD officials said four days later that the Muslim educator had been reassigned to another position.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • More to Explore In one case, after a man was fired from a famine road, a crew of his buddies broke into the overseer’s house and left a note threatening grave retribution if his job was not restored.
    Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 18 June 2026
  • Their biology is dictated by their human overseers, who prioritize efficiency over quality of life.
    Jacqueline Goldblatt, PC Magazine, 8 June 2026
Noun
  • Countless Argentina bosses tried and failed.
    Chris Evans, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • On Thursday, the Interior Department was claiming to have beat back the toxic blooms — while doing a drive-by trashing of Barack Obama to please the boss.
    Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • The third-year skipper passed Jerry Manuel and moved into ninth place on the franchise's wins list.
    CBS News, CBS News, 18 June 2026
  • The extent to which anybody else is aware of the time-loop is ambiguous; the ship’s skipper is an elderly man with no memory of his name, and at times it’s implied that the town has deliberately trapped these men.
    Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 17 June 2026

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“Leadman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leadman. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.

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