Thesaurus results for PRODUCERS

producers

noun

plural of producer

as in directors

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 producers First, movies are workplaces, and Nirenberg’s interviewees reveal the stressful negotiations involved in the daily life of filmmaking—not only with executives and producers but also with directors, who, though employed by those very same businesspeople, are also the immediate bosses of the crew. —

Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026 Potash, the potassium-rich component of fertilizers, has also been in short supply in recent years, in part because of economic sanctions on Belarus and Russia, which are major potash producers. —

Aya S. Chacar, The Conversation, 6 Apr. 2026 Middle Eastern producers — responsible for more than 40% of 2025 exports of polyethylene, a common plastic in bags and bottles — have also scaled back. —

Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 6 Apr. 2026 But today, 46 years into their friendship, Affleck and Damon have built respected careers as industry leading co-producers, business partners, directors and actors. —

Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2026 Allen, Carolyn Folks, Jennifer Lucas, Jodi Miller, Peter Steen and Dylan King are executive producers. —

Peter White, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2026 Co-executive producers include Katherine Bridle, Alison Mo Massey, Jared Ian Goldman and Rosa Handelman. —

Clayton Davis, Variety, 6 Apr. 2026 Along with the Strait of Hormuz, currently under a de-facto Iranian blockade, the two narrow waterways are the primary routes used by the Middle East's energy producers to get their products to the vast markets in Asia and beyond. —

Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026 Aluminum prices hit a four‑year high as Iranian strikes on Middle Eastern producers stoke fears of supply shortages. —

Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2026

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In addition to reinforcing the fiduciary standards that are already in place for community associations, this will help to establish stronger grounds for claims involving unilateral acts by directors, inadequate reserve planning, inconsistent rules enforcement, or failures in management oversight.

— Evonne Andris, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
They were once again locked in a fight for the club's survival, that seven-goal loss seeing fans invade the directors' box in protest as rumours of a takeover by former Chester chairman Stephen Vaughan swept through the stadium.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026