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administrators

noun

plural of administrator

as in managers

a person who manages or directs something a hospital administrator

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Recent Examples of administrators Kotlikoff's letter did not explain why these events are only being issued now — two years after administrators at Cornell learned about the allegations in 2024. — Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026 Bogen, along with two commissioners, several administrators, and a group of supporters, was denied access. — Morgan Rynor, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026 It was not lost on French youth that these conditions were linked to climate change, nor that administrators had taken practically no serious action to ease its effects in their classrooms. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026 The Columbia demonstrators also pressed their school and Barnard to remove faculty and administrators, and rename buildings that honor prominent donors associated with Jeffrey Epstein. — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026 Before meeting the three women, volunteers with the Beauty Beyond Bars program were warned by guards and administrators to hide scissors or sharp objects and to monitor every product that was visible in the room. — Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 8 Oct. 2026 By 2024, that network’s administrators announced plans to close seven of its 15 schools, citing declining enrollment and significant operating costs. — Mailee Smith, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 Ragusa and Carney shared the areas of concern with city administrators and recommended a competency audit, according to the lawsuit. — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026 The petition asked for school administrators to remove the students from the football team and expel them from Timberline. — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 6 Oct. 2026

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In Lean In and McKinsey’s 2024 Women in the Workplace study, 78% of managers said more is expected of them than a few years ago, most often around employee well-being, career development and inclusion.

— Anna Maria Chavez, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
In the eighteen-seventies, after thieves began kidnapping bank managers, James Sargent invented the first commercially successful time lock.

— Shayla Love, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026

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The list of senior executives did not answer the question of who would oversee the old Paramount and Warner Bros.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
Economists and executives warned of thinning global oil buffers, with conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine piling pressure on the energy supply chain.

— Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 12 Oct. 2026

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University personnel were on-site to support the visiting teams and sent an apology email to the recreation directors at the affected schools, as well as the presidents of the participating teams.

— Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026
But much like the way studios and directors of the 1960s and ’70s embraced the once-taboo profanity and nudity, this year AI has found a new wave of advocates eager to go public.

— Corbin Bolies, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of directors

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Union County Public Schools has had four permanent superintendents since 2000, and current Superintendent Andrew Houlihan has led the district since 2016.

— Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2026
In a message to District 118 families Thursday, interim co-superintendents Todd Leden and Brian Wegley said Anderlik has been placed on administrative leave and is barred from entering district property or contacting students.

— Mick Zawislak, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of superintendents

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Sonoma County supervisors on Tuesday issued an emergency proclamation ahead of the developing El Niño season that is predicted to cause heavy rain during the winter.

— Senior Editor, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
Starting in the pandemic, supervisors were told to focus on individual deliverables.

— Bilin Lin, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026

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