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as in manager
a person who manages or directs something
the new director of the company plans to make a number of changes in daily operations
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as in producer
a person who supervises the production of a stage show
the director of the drama club's next production will be a student
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Recent Examples of director
Carlos Rodriguez, port director of the Pharr, Hidalgo, and Anzalduas ports of entry, said in the news release about the squash that officers are working hard to crack down on drug smuggling.
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Saleen Martin, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
By adding in other activities outside work, people also tend to diversify their identities, which helps during the inevitable setbacks and failures throughout a career, said Dr. Emiliana Simon-Thomas, science director of the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2025
There’s also Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, and Jamieson Greer, the U.S. Trade Representative, two behind-the-scenes senior officials helping to shape, implement and message around Trump’s economic plans.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 19 Apr. 2025
With the local connection, Power Four experience and several stops as an athletic director, Scott could make sense for Maryland.
—Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 22 Mar. 2025
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Saleen Martin, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
By adding in other activities outside work, people also tend to diversify their identities, which helps during the inevitable setbacks and failures throughout a career, said Dr. Emiliana Simon-Thomas, science director of the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2025
There’s also Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, and Jamieson Greer, the U.S. Trade Representative, two behind-the-scenes senior officials helping to shape, implement and message around Trump’s economic plans.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 19 Apr. 2025
With the local connection, Power Four experience and several stops as an athletic director, Scott could make sense for Maryland.
—Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 22 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for director
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General manager Chris Drury has to make decisions involving his coach, his core and the players in supporting roles.—
Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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Manufacturing activity across the U.S. contracted in March after expanding in January and February, as measured by the ISM purchasing managers’ index.—
Tobias Burns,
The Hill,
17 Apr. 2025
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Such an approach would involve considerable challenges since producers of Taiwanese items sold in the U.S. such as phones and electronics are mainly assembled in China.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Apr. 2025
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America was not keeping pace with the rest of the world’s production by the 1950s, and was forced to become an importer from producers like Bolivia and Zambia.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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The former sports executive was involved in the 2011 decision to hire former Princeton coach Guy Gadowsky as Penn State’s head coach.—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Creator Lorne Michaels will executive produce Saturday Night Live UK.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2025
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No matter how daffy some of it is, the production has the important factor of clarity; a quality that the great stage director Peter Hall used to say is a vital component of any revival of a classic.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
4 Apr. 2025
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That would be lyricist Fred Ebb, playwright Terrence McNally and original star Chita Rivera, key figures behind the 1993 Broadway musical, alongside composer John Kander and stage director Harold Prince.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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Some administrators have privately seethed at the proposal, cynical at the motives of the power countries.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Ostensibly, all of these actions were taken because of the university administrators' approach to protests about the conflict in Gaza, which the administration has characterized as allowing antisemitism.—
John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
9 Apr. 2025
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In autumn cooling temperatures push superintendents into a transition mode, preparing their courses for frost and snow.—
Renny Vandewege,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Head was a plumber and moved up the ranks to superintendent.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Apr. 2025
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Speaking to Rolling Stone, White Lotus‘ music supervisor Gabe Hilfer, who joined for Season Two, said the uproar meant people cared about the show.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
8 Apr. 2025
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Specifically, the Sheriff’s Office asked county supervisors for permission to spend up to $760,000 on the contract with Verogen, a San Diego biotechnology startup that two years ago was acquired by the Dutch conglomerate Qiagen for $150 million.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Director.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/director. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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