program director

noun

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

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Tom Torres, hydrogen program director for the institute, said via email that people commenting on the EPA's proposal to grant primary control to the state also raised concerns that the state lacks the funding and expertise to regulate carbon storage wells. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025 In planning the festival, Hussie-Taylor and Seta Morton, Danspace’s associate curator and program director, kept circling back to the theme of artistic transmission — of passing down older works and envisioning them anew. Siobhan Burke, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025 Unfortunately, Schmitt’s Bible study was recently shut down by the prison’s program director and the curriculum banned. Dan Miller, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025 Charles Thomas, Knight’s Charlotte program director, and Koven Smith, Knight’s senior director of arts, share insights into the foundation’s approach to building a thriving creative ecosystem in the Queen City. The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 16 Jan. 2025 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 6 Mar. 2025.

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