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’s comments came after a presentation by CPD that showed a steep drop-off in residential search warrants carried out by police officers in recent years.
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Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
The superintendent said much of the building is not damaged, but sadly the part that was included historic books.
—Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
Now, Lake Worth ISD’s current board members will have to name an interim superintendent during the board’s March 23 meeting.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Mar. 2026
The Broward County School Board voted to direct the superintendent to develop a plan to cut up to 3,000 jobs over three years.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
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Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
The superintendent said much of the building is not damaged, but sadly the part that was included historic books.
—Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
Now, Lake Worth ISD’s current board members will have to name an interim superintendent during the board’s March 23 meeting.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Mar. 2026
The Broward County School Board voted to direct the superintendent to develop a plan to cut up to 3,000 jobs over three years.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for superintendent
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Panama’s Jonathan Araúz exchanged shouts and pushes with manager José Mayorga when the pinch hitter returned to the dugout after grounding out leading off the ninth.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Mar. 2026
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It’s taken Santiago Espinal less than three weeks to make an impression on Dodgers manager Dave Roberts.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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One administrator told me that he was baffled, but that the embassy staff seemed confident that something would come of it.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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Executive associate athletic director Courtney Vinson, the men’s basketball administrator, will lead the program until a new coach is hired.—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Mar. 2026
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Lucy Maguire is Features Director at Vogue Business, writing and commissioning features across all verticals, with a focus on fashion industry moves, international fashion weeks, trends and consumer behaviour, alongside interviews with key designers, founders and executives.—
Lucy Maguire,
Vogue,
12 Mar. 2026
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To stay, he and other club executives might be asked to move to Las Vegas.—
Evan Drellich,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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Robust vaccine schedule Erica Pan, California’s top public health officer and director of the state Department of Public Health, said the West Coast Health Alliance is defending science by recommending a more robust vaccine schedule than the federal government.—
Angela Hart,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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In fact, the director was egging me on, encouraging me to go further with the hunching and muttering.—
Andrew Martin,
Vogue,
9 Mar. 2026
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Hoping to lessen the impact on interim and permanent housing as much as possible, the supervisors slashed $27 million from outreach and navigation programs and cut by two-thirds the county program that moves people out of street encampments into shelters.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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The alteration was discovered in a copy of the Book of the Dead (a tome filled with spells meant to aid the dead in their passage to the afterlife) that is believed to have been commissioned for a royal archive supervisor named Rambose.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Superintendent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superintendent. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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