Thesaurus results for SUPERINTENDENT

superintendent

noun

ˌsü-p(ə-)rin-ˈten-dənt

Definition of superintendent

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 Miami-Dade School Board unanimously voted for Rafael Villalobos to succeed the current superintendent of the district on Wednesday. — Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 30 July 2026 Dotres was once Carvalho’s chief of staff, and Carvalho was an assistant superintendent before taking the top job. — Miami Herald, 29 July 2026 Per People, David was a retired bridge-building superintendent at Simpson Construction. — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 28 July 2026 There are interpersonal barriers among board members and the superintendent that are impeding progress. — Elaine Gantz Berman, Denver Post, 27 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for superintendent

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Gausman earned a high-five and slap on the back from manager Craig Counsell in the dugout after his night ended.

— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2026
Iglesias plunked Heliot Ramos and that was all Braves manager Walt Weiss needed to see.

— Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of manager

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An executive nobody had heard of became a target of online attacks for the offense of trying to turn around a fading chicken and biscuits restaurant.

— Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
This, however, is still the same executive who has spun deadline deals for Trea Turner, Max Scherzer, Manny Machado and Yu Darvish during his time running the Dodgers’ dynasty.

— Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of executive

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Georgia’s Division of Family and Children Services found 12 categories of abuse and neglect of the Gray children connected to Marcee, including inadequate food, shelter and medical care, director Candice Broce said in court.

— Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
But Park Road Park is perfectly safe, said Walker, the parks director.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of director

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Instead, music supervisor Thomas Golubić assembled a range of possible tracks and let the sequence reveal itself in the edit.

— Deadline, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
Kim, 49, a member of San Francisco’s board of supervisors from 2011 to 2019, has touted her advocacy for California’s first $15 minimum wage and making the city’s community college tuition free, among other progressive causes.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026

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