supervisors

plural of supervisor
as in managers
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 supervisors Currently, the county supervisors can impose a final offer that employees must accept because by law, public safety personnel are not allowed to strike. — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026 Ford, along with the president of Mars Borough Council, Mike Fleming, and other supervisors, has been working for a year to come up with a plan to benefit both communities. — CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026 Villanueva has consistently said supervisors and others who talk about deputy misconduct are creating a false narrative. — Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 4 Nov. 2026 Serna endorsed Guerra, who is also supported by three other Sacramento supervisors and Sacramento council members Dickinson, Pluckebaum and Rick Jennings. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026 Included in the order is a provision allowing local supervisors of elections in affected areas to designate new polling places for sites that are unsafe or where voters can’t get to them because the roads are blocked due to flooding. — Roger Simmons, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026 In total, supervisors found that Sguros did not respond or responded inadequately to calls for service on four separate dates in 2024. — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026 Instead of reporting the admission to her supervisors, Thompson booked Rusinowksi into an out-of-county detox program and a rehab facility in New Jersey before she could be drug tested, according to court documents. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supervisors
Noun
  • The source must be reliable, in a position to have accurate information and approved by news managers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Dutch Bros staffers, from store owners to senior managers, have been put through the course for years to understand the hard work of the chain’s 25,000 broistas churning out drinks.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Chief Executive Masatoshi Kumagai and other GMO executives bowed deeply repeatedly, as is the custom here, at a news conference in Tokyo.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • When OpenAI’s top executives were appointed drivers and private security, Anna would sometimes be spotted in the car with Greg, taking him to work, according to former colleagues.
    — Julia Black, Vanity Fair, 2 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Questions also remain about the district’s disciplinary investigation, Young’s employment status and what changes, if any, administrators will make to the football program before next season.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Election administrators and voting rights advocates have been advising voters casting late absentee ballots to use drop boxes or deliver them to polling places in person rather than mail them.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • The selection committee voting on the rankings includes six current athletic directors, four former head coaches, two former All-American football players and one former sportswriter.
    — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
  • By Tuesday afternoon, another two bank directors had been taken into custody, prosecutors said.
    — EMILIO SANABRIA, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
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  • Even under mayoral control in New York City, the city is largely responsible for the public schools’ budget and the mayor appoints not only the chancellor and a majority of school board members but also subordinate superintendents and staff.
    — David Bloomfield, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Throughout the process, Wakim said, the McCoys worked with Ricky Dauenhauer — who owned NAE Contracting with his wife, Chantal Dauenhauer — as well as with project superintendents employed by NAE Contracting.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2026

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“Supervisors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supervisors. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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