program director

noun

: one in charge of planning and scheduling program material for a radio or television station or network

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Burnett is one of eight program directors with tens of millions of pounds to spend to fund breakthroughs in their own scientific niche. Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 2 Oct. 2024 Sachs is also program director for the Conference Board Council for CMOs. Megan Poinski, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024 Fowlie co-founded the Points North Institute, which produces the fall festival, with CIFF program director Sean Flynn and fest board chair Caroline von Kuhn. Addie Morfoot, Variety, 19 Aug. 2024 Orianna Fielding, chief sustainability advisor and program director of the Sustainable Design China Summit is the person who lured me to this city that never sleeps for a second chance. Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for program director 

Word History

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of program director was in 1901

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“Program director.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/program%20director. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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