commissioner

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Recent Examples of commissioner On the eve of the NBA season on Tuesday, league commissioner Adam Silver appeared on The Pat McAfee Show and spoke about sports betting and its ongoing impact on the league. Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025 Adams before his own confirmation obtained a master’s degree in public health and was the health commissioner for Indiana. Joseph Choi, The Hill, 23 Oct. 2025 Jonathon Yormak, founding partner cut the ribbon today with NYC film commissioner Pat Swinney Kaufman, Yoni Bokser, head of of the New York State Governor’s Office of Motion Picture & Television Development and other officials. Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025 Among the commissioner races, four are contested. Sofi Zeman october 23, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for commissioner
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commissioner
Noun
  • Nikolai Vitti, superintendent of the Detroit Public Schools Community District, wrote that the next mayor can lobby at the state level for more equitable funding for public schools.
    Beki San Martin, Freep.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Molinar took over as interim superintendent after Angélica Ramsey resigned in September 2024, and was given the job in March.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency is not so fortunate, said Renee Pertile, early childhood director at the agency.
    Beki San Martin, Freep.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Gunterman is immersed in local student journalism as the executive director of the Indiana High School Press Association and the faculty adviser of Franklin College's student newspaper.
    Cate Charron, IndyStar, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • So are the county administrators who manage their benefits.
    JR Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Students, administrators, C-suite executives and more, each attesting to how my road map propelled them to put one foot in front of the other and enter a season of triumph.
    Alma Cooper, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As a direct result of this, businesses end up with managers who aren’t confident in their ability to lead, and who struggle to deal with the various challenges that come with managing people, leading both employees and struggling managers to resign.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The actor infamously played Jeff, the hunky diner manager who dared to come between the show's endgame couple.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • An executive from another competitor, Halco (which was sold and got out of the Halloween business long before Ben Cooper and Collegeville), credited the boom in licensed costumes to the rise in TV.
    Mark Dent, HubSpot, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Nonprofit experts and executives have criticized the organization and its board for failing to detect the theft, citing problems, including a bloated board, failure to change auditors, and ex-CFO William Smith's sole control of the organization's checking account.
    Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The first union to endorse the mayoral candidate even in advance of the Democratic primary was IATSE Local 161, a group representing behind-the-scenes workers like script supervisors, production coordinators and production accountants.
    Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
  • This shift can be seen in examples from Edmond’s own career, including one indelible career conversation with a supervisor five years ago.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • State regulators prioritize violators who rise to the felony level.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • This feature, designed to make the car drive more aggressively, has arrived just as the automaker faces new scrutiny from regulators and ongoing lawsuits from customers.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Price and executive chairman Larry Swets aren’t tone deaf.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Before Tuesday’s home opener, the victorious Thunder players from last year were serenaded by their fans while receiving their championship rings from Thunder chairman Clay Bennett.
    Ben Morse, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Commissioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commissioner. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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