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Noun
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Many managers will be focusing on double-gameweek assets and chasing last week’s points.—
Abdul Rehman,
New York Times,
7 May 2026 -
On April 17th, Jean attended a first-ever virtual meeting for Midwest-West managers.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
Noun
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The supervisors voted to put the measure on the ballot as a general tax, which gives them more leeway with how the money is spent and requires only a simple majority to pass.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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The instruction to hang onto the old maps came in a May 4 email that also provided information on how local elections supervisors could obtain data to redraw their local maps to mesh with the new state one.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 May 2026
Noun
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In an interview with the Star-Telegram last week, Louis Kushner, Licata’s chief of staff, said principals went through a rigorous process in order to keep their post or be appointed to an Elevate campus principal position.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 May 2026
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Appointed by the Board of the European Film Academy, the chapter principals will act as ambassadors and figureheads for their respective disciplines.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
6 May 2026
Noun
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The board is composed of athletic directors, principals, and superintendents.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
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Representing Fort Worth school district at the listening session were deputy superintendents Daniel Soliz and Kellie Spencer, and chief of staff Louis Kushner.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In other words, Doomsayers see a world of declining resources that needs overseers to divvy them up.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
20 Mar. 2026
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While the model still lacks the judgment or taste of its human overseers, executives don’t expect that gap to last long.—
Harry Booth,
Time,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Adrienna Wong, a senior attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, said Wednesday’s vote showed city leaders taking action on an issue that was personal to them.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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The next generation of industry leaders will not rely solely on internal labs or occasional acquisitions.—
Anis Uzzaman,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
Noun
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Brown’s team submitted an affidavit to superiors at the DOJ that did not make a strong enough case to move forward with what Olsen wanted.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
1 May 2026
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Lower-ranking officers were able to tell their superiors what wasn’t going well and argue forcefully for changing course.—
Cody Turner,
The Conversation,
1 May 2026
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The authors estimated the skeleton’s height via osteological analysis and compared DNA samples taken from the skeleton to those of descendants of six of the eight stewards and Harry Peglar.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 May 2026
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Lopez is writing and executive producing the project, executive produced by the franchise’s stewards Max Thieriot, Joan Rater and Tony Phelan, co-creators of Fire Country and Sheriff Country, and Jerry Bruckheimer TV’s Jerry Bruckheimer and KristieAnne Reed.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
8 May 2026
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“Straw bosses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straw%20bosses. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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