report to
phrasal verb
reported to; reporting to; reports to
: to be in a position directly below (someone, who is in charge of reviewing one's work, etc.)
She reports to the president of the company.
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Both executives will report to Bruce Campbell, chief revenue and strategy officer of Warner Bros. Discovery, and both will hold the title of president of U.S. advertising sales.
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 4 Feb. 2025
The agency is funded by taxpayer dollars authorized by Congress and reports to the secretary of state.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2025
In the Chicago metro area of the nineteen-seventies, about two thousand rapes were reported to the police every year—and, unsurprisingly, many thousands more went unreported.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
And now, Musk's cut-slashing unit is reported to be eyeing a way to gain access to the systems of the Small Business Administration, which gives loans and support to small firms, according to PBS News Hour.
—Shannon Bond, NPR, 3 Feb. 2025
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 4 Feb. 2025
The agency is funded by taxpayer dollars authorized by Congress and reports to the secretary of state.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2025
In the Chicago metro area of the nineteen-seventies, about two thousand rapes were reported to the police every year—and, unsurprisingly, many thousands more went unreported.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
And now, Musk's cut-slashing unit is reported to be eyeing a way to gain access to the systems of the Small Business Administration, which gives loans and support to small firms, according to PBS News Hour.
—Shannon Bond, NPR, 3 Feb. 2025
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“Report to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/report%20to. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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