Thesaurus results for MIDDLE MANAGER

middle manager

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Recent Examples of middle manager The middle manager does not go extinct. — Brett Hurt, Fortune, 23 June 2026 Slot, as head coach, was more of a middle manager; someone who acted with the objectivity of a civil servant and the occasional bluntness of a corrections officer. — Simon Hughes, New York Times, 30 May 2026 The middle manager jobs would likely be in the city’s Communications Department and Performance and Analytics Department, the proposal says. — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026 Much has been written about AI’s impact on early-career jobs and the disappearing middle manager, but leaders are also feeling less agency and more layoff anxiety. — Dorie Clark, Harvard Business Review, 17 Apr. 2026 Or what makes a good middle manager? — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2026 Despite these successes at work, Ron scans as a discomfited and undistinguished middle manager. — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2025 Innovation and agility often emerge first at the middle manager level, where leaders are closest to day-to-day operations and customer insights. — Dr. Cynthia J. Young, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025

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During a news conference Wednesday, general manager Brian Gutekunst was asked if the Packers would need to add another running back in the event Jacobs faced charges and got suspended.

— Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
Brewers manager Pat Murphy had a discussion with third base umpire and crew chief Vic Carapazza in the third, when Misiorowski fell behind 2-0 on Francisco Alvarez following a walk to Morel.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026

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Hoffenberg has insinuated that fellow Democrat Chris Getty, the Lyons Township supervisor, improperly accessed the video and had a hand in leaking information about the footage to Gorman.

— Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
The supervisors voted unanimously to advance the moratorium, and the crowd erupted.

— Dan Kaufman, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2026

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Worse, the su binary—the code that provides the command-line interface allowing users with low-level system rights to temporarily gain administrator-level access—is set to grant root without any authentication.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
Three months ago, Jimmy Morales was one of the most powerful administrators in local government, serving as a top deputy to Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.

— Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026

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Frank Lenk, director of economic research at the Mid-America Regional Council, said automotive goods are one of Kansas City’s largest exports, and many of those products go back and forth across the border with Canada.

— Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026
Tonette Mendoza, a former college player who is now the executive director of the Philippine Tennis Association, first saw a six-or-seven-year-old Eala play at a local tournament.

— Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026

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The states presented evidence that senior executives at Meta, intent on maximizing their company’s growth, had repeatedly set aside concerns about what its products were doing to its youngest users.

— Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
Senior executives at Nordstrom have made their human customer interactions part of their brand identity as well.

— John Hall, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

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The state superintendent would need approval from the president of the State Board of Education, or the president's designee, before taking that step.

— Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
For 10 years prior to that, Villont’s jobs included director of educational technology, assistant principal, principal and regional superintendent for the Diocese of Rockford.

— Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of superintendent

Noun

But the circumstances provide an unusually good illustration of how potentially enormous financial advantage can be gained from knowing in advance what a president is about to say.

— Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, described the deal as a step toward economic recovery that will modernize the country’s oil industry.

— Collin Binkley, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026

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