as in manager
a person who manages or directs something
the salesclerk said she would have to ask her supervisor if I could return the defective CD without a receipt
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Recent Examples of supervisor
The procurement department, in another ruling in April, found Spesshardt provided information to GPS and other division supervisors that could prejudice the outside investigators during their work.
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Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 31 May 2026
Negotiations with state lawmakers, supervisors and council members are underway.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2026
My co-supervisor, Justin van der Lek, went up there and did a four-day helicopter scout-and-shoot, photographing thousands and thousands of stills.
—Hugh Hart, IndieWire, 31 May 2026
Los Angeles County voters will cast ballots Tuesday in two very different races for county supervisor.
—Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
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Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 31 May 2026
Negotiations with state lawmakers, supervisors and council members are underway.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2026
My co-supervisor, Justin van der Lek, went up there and did a four-day helicopter scout-and-shoot, photographing thousands and thousands of stills.
—Hugh Hart, IndieWire, 31 May 2026
Los Angeles County voters will cast ballots Tuesday in two very different races for county supervisor.
—Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supervisor
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The alternative asset manager said that Blackstone Capital Partners Asia III exceeded its $10 billion target, with the fund raising more than double the amount of its predecessor vehicle.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
2 June 2026
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Its Resolver platform uses AI to ingest security information and help risk managers run remediations with an audit trail, cutting the lag time between detecting a breach and containing it.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
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Three weeks before the Washington Nationals secured a series win over the best team in the American League Central, more than a dozen coaches, trainers and executives gathered in a room with catcher Keibert Ruiz.—
Spencer Nusbaum,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Some industry executives have started arguing that the answer to that question is no.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
27 May 2026
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School administrators are caught off guard by parents who have read the book and insist on policy changes.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC news,
31 May 2026
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Once, administrators confronted him about the carelessness of his grading.—
Peter Hessler,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
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The recent opening of a new center, explained Jill Martin, senior director of food and nutrition services at UC San Diego Health, argued for creating a new training program rather than a recruitment push.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2026
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As creative director of menswear at Louis Vuitton, Williams is an organic partner for Moët & Chandon, which belongs to the wines and spirits division of luxury conglomerate LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
31 May 2026
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These include elections for board of supervisors, district and city attorneys, superintendents and more.—
Paris Barraza,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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The nonrecurring grant funds will be used to pay for security improvement projects at Miami-Dade Catholic schools, according to Jim Rigg, superintendent of Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of Miami.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
2 June 2026
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“Supervisor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supervisor. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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