program director

noun

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

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This time, though, key officials who left the NNSA voluntarily included hard-to-replace specialists like the uranium enrichment program director and a senior official tasked with scaling up production of plutonium pits. Davis Winkie, USA Today, 19 May 2025 Mood Stabilizers and Menopause Approximately 2.2 million women enter menopause each year, but only 31.3% of U.S. obstetrics and gynecology (OB-GYN) residency program directors surveyed in 2024 reported having a menopause curriculum in their residency program. Carmen Rios, Flow Space, 14 May 2025 But so did many policy experts, mid-level program directors and scientists. Maya Goldman, Axios, 2 Apr. 2025 Anne Goujon, Population and Just Societies program director at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, said Hungary was an example of where government measures had shown early success. Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for program director

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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 1 Jun. 2025.

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