Thesaurus results for SUPERVISORS

supervisors

noun

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 Check boxes indicate that the supervisors conducting the review found no need for additional investigation. — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 3 Sep. 2026 The town is served by the Sheriff’s Department’s Barstow station, which has 25 deputies and supervisors to cover more than 9,200 square miles. — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026 The law center also says the 14th Amendment’s Due Process clause is violated by a provision that allows supervisors of elections to review whether a voter is ineligible within 90 days of a federal election. — Liv Caputo Herald, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026 The project tested its model in the spring semester of 2025 on four college sophomores from other schools, which gave them academic credit for coming to the Greenway campus and doing hands-on work with faculty supervisors in a prototype semester. — Jon Marcus, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026 The supervisors voted unanimously to advance the moratorium, and the crowd erupted. — Dan Kaufman, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2026 Forty-nine of 177 new supervisors who were part of the audit didn’t receive training within six months of being hired. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026 Pack and Agyeman brought the matter to their supervisors, Ercan and Bossert, TDLR said. — Doug Myers, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026 County supervisors sought to codify that decision in perpetuity by passing a sanctuary policy a year later. — Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026

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At least as early as 2021, managers were warning that despite ongoing efforts to add new antennas to DSN, the agency cannot reach all deep-space missions at once.

— Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 6 Sep. 2026
But for the users of AI models and services, it's created complexity and chaos as CEOs and IT managers spend an outsized amount of time and resources comparing costs and capabilities to avoid getting left behind.

— Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of managers

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If he was being shunned by many coaches and executives who either opposed his form of dissent or feared fan backlash, or both, John Harbaugh wasn’t one of them.

— Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
An incumbent senator, a former senator and several ex-government engineers and public works officials as well as wealthy construction executives have been detained while facing trial on corruption charges.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of executives

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Dinnall said that closing schools will allow administrators to work on backup plans for nonessential technology tools, which include attendance reporting.

— Matt Schooley, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
In state and local election offices, administrators are talking about the need to proactively educate the public about how prediction markets odds are not the same thing as a polls or vote counts.

— Marc Levy, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of administrators

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Nicole Bell Head of Canada, YouTube Bell wasn’t surprised by the breakout box office for the YouTube-to-multiplex directors of Backrooms (Kane Parsons) and Obsession (Curry Barker).

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
Since the attack, the defense minister, the military chief of staff, and the directors of military intelligence, the Mossad and the Shin Bet, have all either resigned, been ousted, or reached the end of their terms.

— Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of directors

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At least twice each fiscal year, school boards review updated financial projections and classify their districts’ fiscal health as positive, qualified or negative, after which county superintendents review each certification and may downgrade it.

— Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2026
In March, the department sent a letter to state superintendents about compliance obligations under FERPA.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026

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