Thesaurus results for PRODUCER

producer

noun

Definition of producer

as in director

a person who supervises or finances the making of a work (such as a stage show or movie) to be shown to the public The producer was having trouble finding an actress for the lead role.

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a person or business that manufactures or grows something The vineyard is the biggest wine producer in the region.

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Recent Examples of producer The project had initially gone into development through Kapadia’s Mangata Films label, but received a big shot in the arm when Scam and Black Warrant producer Applause Entertainment boarded to produce and distribute the finished show. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026 The pact includes executive producer services for his partner in Tiny Goat Productions, Ashley Levinson. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026 The inflation data will be followed on Thursday by September's monthly producer price index and retail sales data. — Hugh Leask,sean Conlon, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026 The Academy Award winner worked alongside producers Abigail Anketell-Jones, Lauren Dark, and Vanessa Kirby. — Christine Imarenezor, VIBE.com, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for producer

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Noun

More than once, a board told its stakeholders early and plainly that I had been hired to redesign the business and that the directors stood behind the changes.

— Anna Maria Chavez, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
Two Filipinos must fill above-the-line roles – director, writer or actor – and five more must work in key creative or technical crew positions.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of director

Noun

For fashion manufacturers and brands, farms are often out of sight, out of mind.

— SJ Studio, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
As that happens, manufacturers across China could begin to buy them for their production lines, generating the revenue and real-world data that embodied AI firms such as Unitree need to improve their products even faster.

— Scott Singer, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of manufacturer

Noun

Wine and local beers are also on the menu, with many local beverage-makers, such as Acheson Wine Company, Urban Roots, and Bike Dog Brewing offering unlimited tastings.

— Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026
An artificial intelligence system designed by Anthropic, maker of the Claude chatbot, submitted a false homicide tip to the Philadelphia police, the latest incident of AI agents acting in ways that weren’t intended.

— Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of maker

Noun

The fledgling distributor has acquired several other festival and award-nominated movies ahead of MIPCOM.

— Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
The screening’s reception was so strong that nearly every major player entered the fray, driving the bidding to figures the indie distributor simply couldn’t turn down.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of distributor

Noun

Expanding final assembly facilities must therefore be matched by reliable deliveries from suppliers and sufficient skilled labour across the wider production network.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
For studios and suppliers, the commercial question extends beyond what generative systems can produce.

— Callum McLennan, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of supplier

Noun

Industry research firm SemiAnalysis counted 323 Nvidia GPU providers as of September, up from 209 less than 11 months earlier.

— Jordan Novet, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026
The institute expects to add 16 subspecialty providers, expand clinical trial opportunities and house outpatient therapy, rehabilitation and neuro infusion services, along with Baptist Health’s first academic lecture theater.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of provider

Noun

In their writing, Alicia and Luci bring a marketer’s eye and a business owner’s perspective to entrepreneurship, creativity, and building a life on your own terms.

— Alicia Sanchez, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026
Cibele, a digital marketer, was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer that originated in her adrenal gland in 2024.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026

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