commissioners

noun

Definition of commissionersnext
plural of commissioner
as in supervisors

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  1. supervisors
  2. managers
  3. directors
  4. administrators
  5. superintendents
  6. regulators
  7. bureaucrats
Noun
  • The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection also prohibits the use of contractors as aerial supervisors, a policy that was formalized this year but was in practice for a couple years before that, said Nick Schuler, deputy director of communications for Cal Fire.
    Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Five supervisors may have worked a century ago, when the county’s population was around 500,000.
    Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of supervisors
Noun
  • Seventy-four percent of Republican government managers and 79% of Democrats favor banning private ownership of guns.
    Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Instead of empowering employees to take action, executives/managers feel the need to oversee every decision.
    Chaitra Vedullapalli, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of managers
Noun
  • Docs to Watch The 11th annual Docs to Watch series will be accompanied by a roundtable with the directors hosted by Scott Feinberg of The Hollywood Reporter.
    Katcy Stephan, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
  • For schools with campus counseling centers, directors of counseling centers are valuable resources to consult about the specific needs on campus and which teletherapy vendor might be the best fit.
    Eric Wood, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of directors
Noun
  • The new policy, which went into effect in August, quickly sparked debate among parents, students, teachers and administrators.
    Bruna Horvath, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
  • Other districts may start using it as early as elementary school, and sometimes administrators let students lead the whole initiative.
    Zoya Hasan, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of administrators
Noun
  • Schools and superintendents began reaching out to him because a colleague or friend had mentioned how impactful ICS4Schools’ services had been.
    Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The people voters select will help create policies, set budgets, choose curricula and educational materials and oversee superintendents.
    Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of superintendents
Noun
  • Those standards were released in 2023 to be adapted and adopted by jurisdictional financial regulators.
    Jon McGowan, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • That effectively prevents any potential findings by regulators from being used as evidence in Whiting's criminal case.
    Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of regulators
Noun
  • The White House must identify influential bureaucrats and convince them that change serves not only the national interest but also their agencies’ interests.
    Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024
  • The British focused on the repressed anger that many ordinary Germans felt toward Nazi bureaucrats.
    Peter Pomerantsev, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of bureaucrats
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