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Recent Examples of Synonyms for straw bosses
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But for now, California is in good shape in terms of water supply, experts and water managers say, and restrictions are unlikely this summer.—
Paiching Wei,
Mercury News,
14 Jan. 2026 -
Financial managers were recognized as the second-best job, followed by IT managers.—
Jennifer Liu,
CNBC,
14 Jan. 2026
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Human supervisors will monitor early deployments, and training Atlas for a new task typically takes only a day or two.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
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Police officers documented the interaction after speaking with supervisors.—
Center Square,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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Kim will oversee and direct the actions of the superintendent, principals, and/or governance team; and report back to the agency on district activity and academic progress.—
S.E. Jenkins,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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About five to eight schools receive the laundry machines each year in a program begun by Enchanted Backpack recently after principals and teachers suggested the donation would decrease absenteeism and boost student self-esteem.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan. 2026
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Left out were executive directors, chiefs and associate, regional and deputy superintendents, who have the highest salary ranges.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Jan. 2026
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Data must be made actionable — presented in ways that governors, school superintendents, clergy, and families can use to make decisions.—
Deborah L. Birx,
STAT,
5 Jan. 2026
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Prison overseers intended the yards to be safe havens from the cutthroat prison politics that beset most main yards.—
James Rainey,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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But the seven-member volunteer commission — long expected to take the reins from OPD’s federal overseers — still seems to be struggling to gain footing within Oakland’s complex bureaucratic tangles.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2026
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City leaders in El Cajon decided the city will not store homeless individuals’ personal belongings after encampments are cleared.—
Hannah Elsmore,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Jan. 2026
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City leaders approved a $27 million settlement in 2021 to resolve a wrongful death lawsuit brought by Floyd's family.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
15 Jan. 2026
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Since the operation that captured Maduro, numerous generals have effectively disappeared, failing to report to their units or communicate with superiors.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
6 Jan. 2026
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His superiors have repeated the same errors that Ratcliffe described in March, in an interview with Gary Neville on Sky Sports, when discussing the departure of Ten Hag.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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While donated blood is called whole blood, stewards of the blood supply will split and spin blood into separate bags with just red blood cells or with the plasma.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
7 Jan. 2026
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The Republican Party can appeal to Marylanders by returning to its roots as responsible stewards of the environment and support for small businesses that are currently struggling with international tariffs and skyrocketing health care costs.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Jan. 2026
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“Straw bosses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straw%20bosses. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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