front office

noun

: the policymaking officials of an organization

—usually hyphenated when used attributively

the front-office staff

Examples of front office in a Sentence

Many fans blame the team's poor performance on bad decisions made by the front office.

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For the most part, the high number of penalties is the result of a lack of discipline, and eventually Harbaugh has to answer for it either on the field or eventually to his own front office. —

Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2024 Chiefs superfan Alana who’s trying to win the Fan of the Year Award as a Christmas gift for her family, while falling in love with someone in the Chiefs front office along the way. —

Anne Easton, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024 Originally drafted in the first round by Tampa Bay in 2011 — when Andrew Friedman, the Dodgers’ president of baseball operations, was running the Rays’ front office — Snell has flashed some of the majors’ best stuff in the last decade. —

Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024 Stearns oversaw Milwaukee's front office from 2015-22 before stepping down and moving into an advisory role for 2023. —

Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for front office