micromanager

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Recent Examples of micromanager One of the most famous CEOs who has been repeatedly cited as a micromanager was Apple’s Steve Jobs. Sydney Lake, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for micromanager
Noun
  • In Pisces, the taskmaster teaches us how to dream without delusion, and how to love without losing ourselves in the process.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Cancer is a tough taskmaster, and doctors didn’t detect it early enough.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For example, when a manager gives feedback to a team member, Cisco's learning platform will combine that feedback with other data points, such as the employee's skills profile, to generate personalized learning recommendations.
    Kelly Jones, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Jerry Weintraub was Frank Sinatra’s manager, as well as a major Hollywood producer making big-budget movies.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Mitevska also refuses to sanctify Mother Teresa more than necessary, instead portraying her as a strict disciplinarian who believed in organizational practicality as much as in the inherent holiness of children.
    Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Considering his managers at Leeds included disciplinarians such as Wilkinson and George Graham, this was probably for the best.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 29 July 2025
Noun
  • The count does not include assistant chief immigration judges (ACIJ), who are courthouse supervisors and also have their own dockets.
    Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
  • At the time, Guilfoyle was working in the San Francisco district attorney's office while Newsom served on the board of supervisors.
    Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • And then there’s the U.S. Army officer who succeeds in apprehending Perfidia: Col. Steven J. Lockjaw, played in a graying military fade, with some fur on top and a martinet scowl, by Sean Penn.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 Sep. 2025
  • But Muir’s co-moderator, Linsey Davis, was a different case: Davis wore a mannish, gray suit jacket and struck a pose of martinet — almost schoolmarmish — solemnity.
    Armond White, National Review, 20 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • And Hudnell confirms that his club would be happy to maintain any sort of memorial approved by the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC), the de facto overseer of all 2,200 miles.
    Grayson Haver Currin, Outside, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The trials were conducted by BAE Systems and the ship’s staff, and activity was monitored by SDA and Ministry of Defence naval architects and overseers.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In addition to being a stickler for city ordinances, Rader was known to participate heavily in outside activities like leading his son’s Cub Scout group and doing administrative tasks at the Christ Lutheran Church.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Our mother had been a stickler for our family lunches every Sunday.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In that role, Ruszkowski will oversee turnaround efforts in Fort Worth ISD, including directing or possibly overruling actions of the superintendent and other district leaders.
    Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Darienne Driver-Hudson served as superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools during Sain's tenure as school board president.
    Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 2025

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“Micromanager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/micromanager. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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