producers

noun

plural of producer
1
as in directors
a person who supervises or finances the making of a work (such as a stage show or movie) to be shown to the public The producer was having trouble finding an actress for the lead role.

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2
as in manufacturers
a person or business that manufactures or grows something The vineyard is the biggest wine producer in the region.

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Recent Examples of producers Roy Conli and Juan Pablo Reyes Lancaster-Jones will serve as producers. — Matt Minton, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026 At the same time, other Gulf oil producers like Iraq, which depends heavily on the strait, are getting their barrels out by way of dark transits and ship-to-ship transfers. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026 For all their vaunted power, superheroes are at the mercy of the people who write them, draw them, play them on the screen, and by extension the producers and executives who decide what should go where and for how much. — Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026 Festival in England, where the headlining set from the Fugees was cut short by producers after an hour. — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026 A day later, another batch of government data showed that prices paid to wholesalers by producers of goods had been left unchanged in July, coming in lower than economists’ expected. — Max Zahn, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026 And of course, the producers had to mix up some drama by having each designer call out another as the weakest competitor. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026 The surge in memory prices has led to the biggest producers of the product — SK Hynix, Samsung and Micron — seeing a massive rally in their share prices as investors bet the supply imbalance will persist for some time. — Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026 Executive producers for the film include Kyle Castellanet, Mary Jane Skalski, Christina Piovesan, David Cormican, Waleed Zuaiter and Joana Zuaiter, and Andrew Frank and Jonathan Wyman on behalf of Mongrel Media, which will distribute in Canada. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for producers
  1. directors
  2. manufacturers
  3. makers
  4. distributors
  5. suppliers
  6. retailers
  7. providers
  8. vendors
Noun
  • The organization was disbanded by Taiwan's Interior Ministry in May for not holding elections for their directors in time.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • McDonnell seemed to prize family connections over real-world experience, hiring her nephews to serve as directors and executive producers on various series.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of directors
Noun
  • The California Department of Pesticide Regulation announced Monday that the pesticide paraquat-dichloride is being phased out, as all the pesticide’s manufacturers have voluntarily cancelled their product registrations in the state.
    — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • At the same time, manufacturers are shifting away from fossil fuels by testing alternative energy sources such as hydrogen blends.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of manufacturers
Noun
  • June’s sales were helped by auto makers’ promotion incentives.
    — Anne D'Innocenzio, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Scout told local news outlet PhillyVoice that BlackStar Projects, Monument Lab, DesignPhiladelphia, the Stained Glass Project, and 45 other artists, makers, and small retail businesses have currently signed on as tenants within the development.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of makers
Noun
  • Despite the cool reception from distributors, the pair haven’t given up, and still plan on shopping their movie to either a streamer or theatrical distributor.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2026
  • Netflix leads all distributors with 35 total nominations across film and television, while Neon secured an impressive 21 film nominations despite being a smaller distributor.
    — Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 11 Jan. 2026
Definition of distributors
Noun
  • This comes after Coast Citrus Distributors, one of Taylor Farms’ suppliers, voluntarily recalled fresh jalapeños because of potential salmonella contamination.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Large organizations routinely entrust sensitive data and connectivity to thousands of smaller suppliers whose cybersecurity maturity varies dramatically.
    — Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of suppliers
Noun
  • Walmart, Target and other retailers have been pushing discounts for the fall season, seeking to lure inflation-weary shoppers.
    — Anne D'Innocenzio, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Harkening back to behaviors panned during the Covid-19 pandemic, brands and retailers stopped orders mid-production.
    — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of retailers
Noun
  • Medical providers are collecting larger shares of what patients might owe at a time when rising deductibles mean patients are owing more for care.
    — Julie Appleby, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Do travel providers do a good job of creating, communicating, and enforcing filming policies?
    — Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of providers
Noun
  • Due to the last-minute cancelation, many musicians, crews, attendees, and vendors descended on Los Angeles, only to find out too late that the event was canceled.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The vendors also know something uncomfortable about their own product.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of vendors

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