Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for straw bosses
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Food bank managers, some with decades of experience, couldn’t recall a disruption like it.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
3 Oct. 2025 -
Data removal services, antivirus software, and password managers each reduce risk in different ways.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Ask for feedback from your supervisors, share credit with your peers, and highlight collaborators.—
Sinéad O'Sullivan,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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Workers reported that in early August supervisors cut night shifts and later instructed casual and contract workers not to return.—
Mayu Saini,
Sourcing Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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Schools must follow state mandates on instructional hours, but states typically don’t set strict rules on how long a lunch period should be, so some principals whittle it down to twenty or twenty-five minutes.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
4 Oct. 2025
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After a week-long nomination period, The Tennessean received four responses from guidance counselors, coaches, teachers and principals.—
Gabrielle Chenault,
Nashville Tennessean,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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To avoid the same issues, former national park superintendents have pushed for park closures, and the NPCA has warned of the negative impacts likely to unfold if parks are left open.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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In previous government shutdowns, national parks that remained open but unstaffed experienced vandalism and destruction of wildlife habitats, according to a recent letter signed by 40 former park superintendents and sent to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The film opens in an immigration detention camp, as a band of left-wing political militants known as the French 75 infiltrate the facility to liberate the detained, and detain the military overseers.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
26 Sep. 2025
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The film opens in an immigration detention camp, as a band of left-wing political militants known as the French 75 infiltrate the facility to liberate the detained, and detain the military overseers.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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Goldberg-Polin has become a global advocate for the remaining hostages, meeting with world leaders and speaking publicly about her loss.—
Romina Ruiz-Goiriena,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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CEOs and global leaders will gather for a dynamic, invitation-only event shaping the future of business.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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His Army superiors offered to reassign Shane or put him on reserve duty.—
John J. Lennon,
Rolling Stone,
23 Sep. 2025
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Driscoll indicated his belief that Patel’s reference to his superiors meant the Justice Department and the White House, and Patel did not deny it.—
Rebecca Beitsch,
The Hill,
15 Sep. 2025
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Part of the reason the league adopted an overtime format then is that the stewards of the game wanted more excitement — the addition of overtime was part of multiple rule changes meant to encourage passing and scoring.—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Many wisdoms intrinsic to permaculture long predate the term—it cannot be understated how much stems from indigenous knowledge and was passed down from generations before, from these ancestral stewards who listened to, and trusted, the land.—
Catherine Habgood
September 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Straw bosses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straw%20bosses. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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