leadmen

noun

plural of leadman
as in straw bosses

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  1. managers
  2. principals
  3. supervisors
  4. leaders
  5. superintendents
  6. overseers
  7. superiors
  8. chiefs
Noun
  • The official purchasing managers’ index indicated that manufacturing activity contracted for two consecutive months in July and August.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Lessons and performance data gathered through testing, experimentation, and training can be returned to developers and program managers to improve future capabilities.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of managers
Noun
  • Parents often work first with their child’s teachers and principals to resolve disagreements over whether a child with disabilities is receiving adequate support in school.
    — David Edward DeMatthews, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026
  • As Mermahn, Kevin McCann is perfectly smug, vacuuming the air from most of his scenes, but the collective orbit of these supporting characters serves to externalize, fuel and eventually resolve the conflict between the two principals.
    — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of principals
Noun
  • Reaching the stage at which supervisors mandate terms is rare.
    — Jon Regardie, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Or that a loyalist won’t be appointed to run their office and then fire all their supervisors?
    — Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of supervisors
Noun
  • Her argument pushes against a much louder story from Silicon Valley, where AI leaders keep warning that white-collar work is about to be automated.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Corporate leaders go undercover within their own organizations to gain firsthand insight into their workforce and operations.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of leaders
Noun
  • Union County Public Schools has had four permanent superintendents since 2000, and current Superintendent Andrew Houlihan has led the district since 2016.
    — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2026
  • In a message to District 118 families Thursday, interim co-superintendents Todd Leden and Brian Wegley said Anderlik has been placed on administrative leave and is barred from entering district property or contacting students.
    — Mick Zawislak, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of superintendents
Noun
  • Now, our narrow-minded and hard-hearted lawmakers and education overseers do not want undocumented students in Florida to get a college education.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The incidents exposed the difficulty of achieving a safety principle called alignment, in which AI takes into account the ethics and goals of its human overseers, Jackson said.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of overseers
Noun
  • Throughout the film, Agent Miller refuses to abandon the investigation, even after being discouraged from following the case by her superiors who felt as though there wasn’t enough evidence pointing to Kaczynski.
    — Jane LaCroix, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026
  • In the film’s ostensible present, as the lengthy raid unfolds, a noble, unnamed police constable (Anurag Thakur) objects to his superiors’ methods and their persecution of Devi at large.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of superiors
Noun
  • The lawsuit provides greater insight into changes within the city’s police department, which lost both deputy chiefs while the city continues paying former Chief Adam Dustman after his public resignation.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Several chiefs were in the front row of the crowd as the governors approved the directive during a December convening at the National Aquarium in Baltimore.
    — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of chiefs
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“Leadmen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leadmen. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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