as in manager
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as in to supervise
to be in charge of
she was tapped to quarterback the upcoming gubernatorial campaign
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Recent Examples of quarterback
Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2025
Sanders and Gabriel join a crowded Browns signal caller room that already features NFL players such as 17-year veteran Joe Flacco, former Eagles backup quarterback Kenny Pickett and former Pro Bowler Deshaun Watson.
—Kambui Bomani, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Tim Graham, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
Tom Brady, who will be calling the 6:30 ET game for FOX, quarterbacked six for the Patriots and one for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
—Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
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Noun
At Villanova, Smith had 105 tackles, 14 tackles for loss and 8.5 quarterback sacks.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2025
Sanders and Gabriel join a crowded Browns signal caller room that already features NFL players such as 17-year veteran Joe Flacco, former Eagles backup quarterback Kenny Pickett and former Pro Bowler Deshaun Watson.
—Kambui Bomani, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Verb
In 2008, Cassel quarterbacked the Patriots to an 11-5 record when Brady suffered a season-ending knee injury in the opener.
—Tim Graham, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
Tom Brady, who will be calling the 6:30 ET game for FOX, quarterbacked six for the Patriots and one for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
—Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarterback
Noun
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The mint julep became the event’s official drink in 1939, when racetrack managers began selling the glasses the drinks were served in as souvenirs.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
29 Apr. 2025
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In the workers’ break room, managers stripped the dedicated union bulletin board and removed the binders containing the collective-bargaining agreement.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
29 Apr. 2025
Verb
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But, because the government would need time to craft new rules and infrastructure, the court would temporarily supervise the detention of minors.—
Jack Herrera,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2025
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Holmes argues the church failed to supervise Lorch and, worse yet, retained him, thus enabling Lorch to allegedly inflict even more harms.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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McRaven retired in 2014 as a four-star admiral and the ninth commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM).—
Chris Harris,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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A number of senior Russian commanders have been killed in Ukraine.—
Mark Weinstein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Charades will handle international sales, while UTA Independent Film Group will rep U.S. rights.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
24 Apr. 2025
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Some European countries handle the conflict between farmers and the predators by compensating farmers for livestock losses.—
Olivia Ferrari,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Apr. 2025
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Other world leaders in attendance included include UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Britain's Prince William, U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres, French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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Taking to his social media platform, Truth Social, on Thursday, April 24, Trump called out Russia’s leader over a deadly attack on Kyiv, Ukraine.—
Olivia-Anne Cleary,
Time,
26 Apr. 2025
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The judge overseeing the trial found last year that Google has a monopoly in online search and related advertising.—
Jody Godoy,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Pietro Parolin The current secretary of state for the Holy See, Parolin is an experienced Italian diplomat who has helped oversee the Vatican's internal affairs but also worked on behalf of the Catholic Church around the world in countries from Venezuela to Vietnam.—
Willem Marx,
NPR,
22 Apr. 2025
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At the same time, companies are adding higher-level supply-chain executives as companies move their goods sourcing from China to the U.S. or other Asian countries, said Kareem Bakr, managing director of Phaidon International, a recruiting agency.—
Paul Davidson,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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Tapped first in 1993 by Antonio Asensio, the new owner of Antena 3, as its commercial director, Lorenzo was appointed its director general in 1995.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
2 May 2025
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Isaacman is a billionaire pilot and astronaut who founded the Shift4 Payments company as a teenager and commanded the first civilian space crew in 2021 aboard a SpaceX capsule.—
Karen Freifeld,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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These little bottles command three-figure price tags.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Quarterback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarterback. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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