STRAW BOSSES Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

straw bosses

noun

plural of straw boss

as in leadmen

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At least as early as 2021, managers were warning that despite ongoing efforts to add new antennas to DSN, the agency cannot reach all deep-space missions at once.

— Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 6 Sep. 2026
But for the users of AI models and services, it's created complexity and chaos as CEOs and IT managers spend an outsized amount of time and resources comparing costs and capabilities to avoid getting left behind.

— Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of managers

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Check boxes indicate that the supervisors conducting the review found no need for additional investigation.

— Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 3 Sep. 2026
The town is served by the Sheriff’s Department’s Barstow station, which has 25 deputies and supervisors to cover more than 9,200 square miles.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of supervisors

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It will perhaps be watched most closely, however, by the principals at Hugo Boss.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026
Things could be better, which goes without saying in the aftermath of a flu pandemic that has wiped out most of the planet’s human population, but the four principals here could also be dead, so there’s that.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of principals

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At least twice each fiscal year, school boards review updated financial projections and classify their districts’ fiscal health as positive, qualified or negative, after which county superintendents review each certification and may downgrade it.

— Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2026
In March, the department sent a letter to state superintendents about compliance obligations under FERPA.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of superintendents

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A lot is at stake for Weiss, Bilton, CBS News and corporate overseers at Paramount Skydance as the show moves toward what may be its most unusual season yet.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
The miners were overwhelmingly Black, while their overseers were white men.

— Edward D. Melillo, Fortune, 27 July 2026

Definition of overseers

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About Premium Content has Country Spy, a light crime series about Marie-Line Maupain, a spy for the French secret service who is abruptly frozen out by her superiors and sent back to her home town.

— Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2026
If both parties are PLA members, superiors must step in to mediate the relationship breakdown, and the couple can only get a civil divorce with the military’s approval, which can result in a longer process.

— Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of superiors

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Pastoralists also gained greater recognition as stewards of the world’s rangelands.

— Shooka Bidarian, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
As stewards of the nation’s economic policy and its financial markets, Treasury secretaries have often been forced to intervene in moments of crisis.

— Christopher Anstey, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

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