Thesaurus results for COMMISSIONER

commissioner

noun

Definition of commissioner

as in superintendent

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Recent Examples of commissioner Darline Graham, 62, is a longtime state bureaucrat in South Carolina government who has worked as commissioner of the South Carolina Commission for the Blind since 2019. — James Powel, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2026 In August of 2017, media members throughout Southern California were invited to reserve a time for a one-on-one interview with the California Interscholastic Federation’s then-commissioner, Rob Wigod. — Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2026 Mack took over as commissioner from Anastasios Kamoutsas, who left to become president of Polk State College. — Ana Goñi-Lessan, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026 Police in Cambridge, Massachusetts, shot and killed a man in his 60s who allegedly pointed a gun at officers Friday night, the district attorney and the police commissioner said. — Neal Riley, CBS News, 22 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for commissioner

Recent Examples of Synonyms for commissioner

Noun

So the state’s second-largest school district set out to do it on its own, said Lucas Clamp, deputy superintendent of the 50,000-student Charleston County School District.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026
Steve Li, chief superintendent of the police’s national security department, said the case would help with future law enforcement.

— Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of superintendent

Noun

The orchestra and management have had strained relations since BSO decided in March to force out music director Andris Nelsons next summer after 13 seasons.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026
The story of modern Tottenham has been the story of near-constant resets, relaunches, rethinks, restructures, reboots, reviews and even returns, in the case of Fabio Paratici’s three months back as a co-sporting director last season.

— Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of director

Noun

Former Rolling Stone writer and longtime Bruce Springsteen manager Jon Landau paid tribute to his longtime friend and colleague Dave Marsh following his death at 76.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026
The Noise Pereira, a former client relationship manager, knows the value of exposure to success.

— Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of manager

Noun

But most industry executives believe the quickest route to launching eVTOL service is to upgrade today’s helicopter infrastructure with charging systems.

— Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2026
For executives, that fortress includes the systems surrounding their decisions and the biological capacity supporting them.

— Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of executive

Noun

Organized crime operations from several cities, including Chicago, New York and Detroit, had established control of casinos up and down the Vegas Strip and devised schemes to skim percentages of the cash under the noses of state regulators.

— Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
This was well after her troubles with state health regulators had been documented.

— Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of regulator

Noun

In Scott County, the district’s most populous, the trend has continued since the primary, said Terry Olsen, vice chairman of the Scott County Democrats and a former Republican.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
Recommendations were brought to Paul Pressler, who at the time was Disneyland president (and eventually was promoted to chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts).

— Shep Hyken, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026