straw boss

Definition of straw bossnext

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Noun
  • God Bless you boss man, the Irsay family and all of Colts Nation.
    Lindsey Erdody, Axios, 21 May 2025
  • In this corner: Frank Costello, the big boss man of organized crime who helped this thing of theirs go from regional to a national syndicate.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Even though the rivers have been quiet ever since, the bureau has continued to maintain a full-time dedicated crew of two firefighters and a supervisor, with the boat costing taxpayers $1 million a year to staff and maintain.
    Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 1 June 2026
  • She was promoted to accountant around October 2012, the lawsuit says, to accounting supervisor in August 2019 and to accounting manager in the union’s international secretary-treasurer’s office in April 2024.
    Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • The alternative asset manager said that Blackstone Capital Partners Asia III exceeded its $10 billion target, with the fund raising more than double the amount of its predecessor vehicle.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 2 June 2026
  • Its Resolver platform uses AI to ingest security information and help risk managers run remediations with an audit trail, cutting the lag time between detecting a breach and containing it.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • Then-principal Frederica Wilson organized a student letter writing campaign to the county commissioners, asking them to close the plant.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 30 May 2026
  • There are other characters who offer luminous assistance, but these are the principals in a musical tale built around Ali’s central relationships.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
Noun
  • These include elections for board of supervisors, district and city attorneys, superintendents and more.
    Paris Barraza, USA Today, 2 June 2026
  • The nonrecurring grant funds will be used to pay for security improvement projects at Miami-Dade Catholic schools, according to Jim Rigg, superintendent of Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of Miami.
    Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • Additionally, Puck insiders shared that Yellowstone mastermind and overseer Taylor Sheridan wasn't happy with Feehan's work on season 1.
    Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026
  • Richards has pledged to work closely with Rikers’ new federal overseer, Nicholas Deml.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Investigations, reviews and outside probes In the midst of the overpayment debate, the unemployment insurance division devolved into a series of investigations, reviews of those investigations and spiraling distrust between staff and superiors, labor department documents obtained by The Post show.
    Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 31 May 2026
  • Where Krick is busy grandstanding, the darling of his men and superiors, the ever unpopular Stagg urges caution.
    Daniel Jonah Wolpert, NPR, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • Assuming, of course, those staffers don’t emulate Pelley and strongly and sharply disagree or challenge their boss in an internal staff meeting.
    Josef Adalian, Vulture, 3 June 2026
  • The space includes table football, board and video games, and staff can arrange certain special activities of which the parents of the youngsters involved might be more than a little jealous, among them sushi masterclasses with Mitsuru Tsukada, the boss of Izumi.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
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“Straw boss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straw%20boss. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.

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