Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for straw bosses
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Before home games this season, he was often seen visiting with fellow equipment managers from around the league, and after games, a handful of former Sharks players who were in San Jose for the final time this season came by to wish him well.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2026 -
In the 1850s, company managers were alarmed to find out shipping workers were opening crates and marking P&G containers with stars to help coworkers who couldn’t read.—
Alexander Coolidge,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The defendant allegedly refused to wear a lab coat when supervisors were not present.—
Robert McGreevy,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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Without blueprints or supervisors, these tiny creatures construct some of nature’s most complex habitats.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Apr. 2026
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Those instructional leadership directors will supervise principals in their region.—
Samuel O’Neal
April 16,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Apr. 2026
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Kia Banks, president of the Chicago Principals & Administrators Association, said principals have so far only prepared for a full day of attendance.—
Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
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Thousands of New York City apartment building doorpersons, superintendents and other workers were set to vote Wednesday on whether to walk off the job in the coming days, after contract negotiations snagged over issues including health care and pensions.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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School committees, superintendents, educators and students have also been advocating for years for the state to change the Chapter 70 school funding formula altogether, which relies heavily on enrollment and has caused fiscal crises in districts with declining populations.—
State House News Service,
Boston Herald,
15 Apr. 2026
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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
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Some leaders from southern states also turned up in Parliament dressed in black as a mark of protest.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Sharif dispatched Munir to Tehran for talks with Iranian leaders.—
April 16,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Though young missing-persons detective Dalia (May Calamawy) is earnest in her attempts to help, her superiors cast suspicion on Katie’s parents; eight years later, the girl is still missing, while the family has relocated to New Mexico.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
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Based on their own investigation, Brown’s team submitted an affidavit to their superiors at DOJ that did not make a strong enough case to move forward with what Olsen wanted.—
Doug Bock Clark,
ProPublica,
13 Apr. 2026
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Socialists like to spend money — lots of other people’s money, of course — and Mamdani has been hampered by the fiscal stewards of Albany who, thankfully for New York City, aren’t likely to allow his more egregious schemes that would only drive away more of the city’s crucial affluent class.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2026
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The app was developed in partnership with Rhino Entertainment (the longtime stewards of the Grateful Dead catalog) and was authorized by Grateful Dead Productions.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Straw bosses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straw%20bosses. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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