Thesaurus results for MIDDLE MANAGER

middle manager

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Recent Examples of middle manager The middle manager does not go extinct. — Brett Hurt, Fortune, 23 June 2026 Slot, as head coach, was more of a middle manager; someone who acted with the objectivity of a civil servant and the occasional bluntness of a corrections officer. — Simon Hughes, New York Times, 30 May 2026 The middle manager jobs would likely be in the city’s Communications Department and Performance and Analytics Department, the proposal says. — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026 Much has been written about AI’s impact on early-career jobs and the disappearing middle manager, but leaders are also feeling less agency and more layoff anxiety. — Dorie Clark, Harvard Business Review, 17 Apr. 2026 Or what makes a good middle manager? — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2026 Despite these successes at work, Ron scans as a discomfited and undistinguished middle manager. — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2025 Innovation and agility often emerge first at the middle manager level, where leaders are closest to day-to-day operations and customer insights. — Dr. Cynthia J. Young, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025

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The deal, which Lago and the city manager worked on for years, is a renewal of a previous agreement and gives UM the ability to plan for more students, new housing and other buildings on its growing campus, including potentially a new hospital.

— Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
In 2020 a 9-carat diamond was found by an Arkansas bank manager, and in 2024 a French man unearthed a 7-carat diamond.

— LAURA TURBAY, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

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Residents should contact their supervisor of elections for optional days of early voting specific to counties.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026
County supervisors of elections also reported Monday that more than 2,200 ballots have already been returned, mostly from voters in the military and overseas.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

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At a press conference on Monday NASA administrator Jared Isaacman said the space capsule will head to the International Space Station (ISS) on an uncrewed test flight as soon as December—a technical step back for the multi-billion-dollar initiative.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2026
The support page is meant for IT administrators, and mainly reiterates what Google already announced, including regular updates and security patches for ChromeOS through mid-2034.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026

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In spite of that, though, there were certain scenes that, for me as a director, were so essential to the film.

— Antonio Ferme, Variety, 27 Sep. 2026
The burglar broke into the first floor of the director’s New York townhouse, scanned an array of expensive framed artworks on her wall and made their choice.

— Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026

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The Boston Red Sox had sent ownership and front-office executives to settle the negotiation directly with the player, hoping relationship leverage would carry the economics.

— Chris Koras, Sportico.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Bennett, a former Navy pilot who also worked as a healthcare executive, is a political newcomer.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of executive

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Michael Poore is a nearly 40-year veteran of public education and the former superintendent of the Little Rock and Bentonville school districts.

— Michael Poore Special to the Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026
In the 1st District, Jesse Ortiz is a Woodland native, longtime Woodland Community College professor and a former superintendent for Yolo County schools.

— Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026

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Republicans have expressed growing pessimism about their chances in the election, which will determine control of Congress, as the president has repeatedly dismissed concerns about high costs and gas prices as his unpopular war in Iran drags on.

— MICHELLE L. PRICE, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
The president of the United States said [in September] that nobody should buy Bombardier jets any more.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026

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Former Disney exec Kevin Mayer, who oversaw his former employer’s 2019 acquisition of 20th Century Fox, has shared his thoughts on the Paramount-Warner Bros merger.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2026
Season two goes a little differently than season one, because the music exec in charge of casting the show (Ashley Padilla) is being lightly blackmailed by two … unique candidates (Jane Wickline and new cast member Grace Reiter).

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2026

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