as in manager
a person who manages or directs something
the office of the superintendent of parks issues camping permits
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Recent Examples of superintendent
The superintendent and the manger will have had several budget discussions prior to the superintendent presenting CMS’s budget to the Board of Commissioners.
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Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 14 Feb. 2026
Polk said the recommendations will go to the appropriate deputy superintendent for further consideration.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
Interim superintendent Cancy McArn has served as chief human resources officer and head negotiator for the district.
—Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2026
Fuller is known as a former Milwaukee Public Schools superintendent and an architect of the nation's first private school voucher program.
—Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 13 Feb. 2026
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Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 14 Feb. 2026
Polk said the recommendations will go to the appropriate deputy superintendent for further consideration.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
Interim superintendent Cancy McArn has served as chief human resources officer and head negotiator for the district.
—Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2026
Fuller is known as a former Milwaukee Public Schools superintendent and an architect of the nation's first private school voucher program.
—Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 13 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for superintendent
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Macclesfield manager John Rooney dedicated his team’s amazing win to their former player’s memory as the non-league side’s players continue to be inspired by their late teammate.—
Patrick Snell,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
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One that stood out to Everett Plummer, a manager in the oil division at the time and one of several staffers tasked with investigating the Boarman case, was McCoon 3, an injection well that disposes salty oil field wastewater deep below the earth.—
Nick Bowlin,
The Frontier,
16 Feb. 2026
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Safety briefings are being held this week with Officer Lattin and school administrators on appropriate technology use and the legal consequences of creating or possessing explicit images, including those generated by AI.—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Friday, administrators at Northgate Middle School notified the school’s resource deputy that a student had informed them that another student in the school potentially had a firearm, Sarah Boyd, public relations manager for the Clay County Sheriff’s Department, said in an email to The Star.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
21 Feb. 2026
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Company executives knew idle transmission lines could spark wildfires.—
Melody Petersen,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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French President Emmanuel Macron blasted tech company executives of social media platforms over refusals to limit or restrict speech.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Feb. 2026
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Sheffield Wednesday were deducted a total of 18 points by the EFL for financial regulation breaches in the first half of the season, after filing for administration, with their former owner Dejphon Chansiri prohibited from being an owner or director of any EFL club for a period of three years.—
Jessica Hopkins,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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Davis was the inaugural executive director of the Mayor’s Office to Combat Antisemitism under Mayor Eric Adams.—
Moshe Davis,
New York Daily News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Neither his direct supervisor nor his director knew about what was going on, the worker said.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Feb. 2026
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Andy Yung, fisheries supervisor at the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission's Hot Springs office, said stripers sometimes hunt around brushpiles that are located near channels.—
Bryan Hendricks,
Arkansas Online,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Superintendent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superintendent. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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