commissioner

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Recent Examples of commissioner Texas Uranium Ted Long, a former commissioner of Goliad County, can see the power lines of an inactive uranium mine from his porch on an old family ranch in the rolling golden savannah of South Texas. Dylan Baddour, WIRED, 7 Dec. 2024 Tisch also served as commissioner of the city’s Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications and, most recently, as head of the Sanitation Department. Ray Sanchez, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024 The intrigue: The Big 12 champion will likely be the only Power Four conference champ to not get a first-round playoff bye — which has Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark fuming. Jessica Boehm, Axios, 6 Dec. 2024 The trial commissioner in that case recommended termination, but on June 18, Caban instead slapped Rathour with the loss of 35 vacation days. Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 5 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for commissioner 
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Noun
  • The vision for what people want from you as the new superintendent was clear in a report presented to the Milwaukee School Board on Nov. 21 by the consultants who were hired by the board to help identify what people want from MPS and you as the superintendent.
    Alan J. Borsuk, Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Thompson was the valedictorian of his class, Heather Holm, the superintendent for South Hamilton Community School District, told CNN.
    John Towfighi, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
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  • Anthony is extensively involved in philanthropy, with efforts including lending his plane to the Make-A-Wish Foundation to grant a wish for a child with cancer and serving on the board of directors of Kristi House Children’s Advocacy Center in Miami.
    Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
  • After 28 years as a fashion editor at Vogue and eight more as creative director of Allure, Mellen is now retired, but not retiring.
    Marina Rust, Vogue, 15 Dec. 2024
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  • Earlier in the day, the suspect had attended a meeting with a school administrator on campus, ostensibly to explore the possibility of enrolling a family member, the sheriff said.
    Emma Tucker, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Jared Isaacman, a billionaire private astronaut and CEO of the payment processing company Shift4 Payments, was named Trump’s administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA.
    Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • What is Last Pass? LastPass is a popular password manager that helps users securely store, generate, and manage their passwords.
    Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 12 Dec. 2024
  • These role demands can enhance project managers’ ability to navigate interpersonal challenges.
    Gena Cox, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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  • The Recording Academy and Davis announced on Wednesday that the veteran executive will be celebrated with the 2025 Grammy Salute to Industry Icons honor at The Beverly Hilton on Feb. 1, a day before the 2025 Grammy Awards.
    Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2024
  • But for all of this evocative terminology, by 1995 most people were just calling the problem Y2K. Though occasionally trafficking in hair-raising phrases, those in IT succeeded in raising awareness of the problem, and soon executives and political leaders began to seriously take notice.
    Zachary Loeb / Made by History, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The episode was quickly resolved by the market's supervisor who had given the team permission to document the sparse offerings on sale.
    Michael Robinson Chávez, NPR, 7 Dec. 2024
  • That included special effects supervisor Neil Corbould.
    Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Many large banks voluntarily reduced or eliminated overdraft fees in recent years under pressure from lawmakers and regulators.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Finally, communicate the approach with your other stakeholder audiences (investors, regulators, watchdog groups, the public and your peers).
    Jody L. Bickel, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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  • He was forced to step down as chairman of the board at Tesla in 2018 to resolve federal securities fraud charges.
    Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Also being enshrined is Randy Gordon, the TV boxing analyst who also served as chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission.
    Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024

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“Commissioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commissioner. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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