Thesaurus results for MANAGER

manager

noun

ˈma-ni-jər

Definition of manager

as in executive

a person who manages or directs something we wanted an exemption from the policy regarding refunds, but the store manager refused

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Recent Examples of manager To gauge how wealth managers are responding, CNBC polled members of its Financial Advisor 100 and Financial Advisor Council. — Sharon Epperson, CNBC, 13 Nov. 2026 Based in New York, Herrmann has nearly 40 of experience as a business manager and joined his current firm of Citrin Cooperman in 2010. — Mya Copeland, Variety, 13 Nov. 2026 Dauberman and Coin Operated are repped by WME, manager Kathleen Remington and Toczek Suddleson. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2026 Earlier this year, the Boodles team hosted events with its sales managers in Dallas and Houston, while next year the teams will visit Miami, Palm Beach, Dallas, Austin, Chicago and New York. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 13 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for manager

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They were photographed together both at a bar with other suppliers and then also out to dinner with some other executives.

— Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 9 Nov. 2026
In many cases, boards and investors focused on ethical breaches, such as executives using company funds inappropriately or advancing the careers of romantic partners who reported to them.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of executive

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

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Many of the dogs had spent 30 days to a year at the shelter, said shelter director Kaye Persinger.

— SYDNEY PAGE THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 15 Nov. 2026
From 2021 to 2025, there have been 20 fatalities on the Pacific Surfliner route, 19 of them as a result of trespassing and one at a grade crossing, said Nancy Sheehan-McCulloch, the executive director of the nonprofit.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2026

Definition of director

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Kayatta said the board would hold another special meeting before that deadline to select committee members if the state superintendent sends more candidates before Monday.

— Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 13 Nov. 2026
Several more urged the department’s next leader to be a local — as Snelling was — but unlike in the 2023 superintendent search, so far there has been no campaigning on behalf of any prospective candidate.

— Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026

Definition of superintendent

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That changed in 2024 when a state constitutional amendment required Miami-Dade voters to choose an elections supervisor to run the newly independent office.

— Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026
Becerra’s appointee would hold office until a successor is selected through a special election or the next supervisor race set for March 2028, roughly 16 months after the midterm elections.

— Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 11 Nov. 2026

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