Example Sentences
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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The board of supervisors voted in April 2025 to essentially defund the joint city-county LAHSA and instead form its own department.—
Julie Sharp,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
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There was also a 13% decline in the number of homicides in 2025, according to data shared at the news conference, where police supervisors and Patterson presented CMPD’s annual end-of-year crime stats report and answered questions from reporters.—
Shane Connuck,
Charlotte Observer,
19 Jan. 2026
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Wittels, who has been with the gallery off and on since its 1989 launch, and Johnson Montenegro, who joined in 2012, will be promoted to gallery principals.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
15 Jan. 2026
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North Carolina requires vaccines without enforcement State law compels North Carolina school principals to require that kindergartners get seven vaccinations within 30 days of the start of the school year.—
Caitlin McGlade,
Charlotte Observer,
15 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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The idea that women won’t attract Soviet suspicion because they’re overlooked and underestimated, as bureau chief Dane (Adrian Lester) argues to his superiors as a rationale for taking them on, is both simplistic and swiftly belied by the show’s subsequent events.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
15 Jan. 2026
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Adina is an alien who’s been sent to earth to observe humanity and report back to her superiors.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 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 22 Jan. 2026.
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