as in manager
a person who manages or directs something
a hospital administrator
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Recent Examples of administrator
Johnston’s not the only outgoing member within the county administrator’s office.
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Sofi Zeman,
Kansas City Star,
29 June 2026
Letlow previously worked in higher education as a university administrator and was a finalist for University of Louisiana at Monroe president.
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Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
28 June 2026
Kennedy-Dixon, who died in 2018, was a player and longtime administrator at Clemson.
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ABC News,
27 June 2026
The upshot of Yale’s report, which is by far the most self-critical of the three, is that administrators bear much of the responsibility for higher education’s current predicament.
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Rose Horowitch,
The Atlantic,
27 June 2026
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Sofi Zeman,
Kansas City Star,
29 June 2026
Letlow previously worked in higher education as a university administrator and was a finalist for University of Louisiana at Monroe president.
—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
28 June 2026
Kennedy-Dixon, who died in 2018, was a player and longtime administrator at Clemson.
—
ABC News,
27 June 2026
The upshot of Yale’s report, which is by far the most self-critical of the three, is that administrators bear much of the responsibility for higher education’s current predicament.
—
Rose Horowitch,
The Atlantic,
27 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for administrator
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Kelce played a bully of a restaurant manager who fires a busboy (played by Bad Bunny).
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Offers three-credit-bureau monitoring, VPN, dark web monitoring, password manager, email aliases and instant credit lock.
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The billionaire executive spent more than $110 million of his own money to win the nomination in one of the most brutal Republican primaries in modern Georgia history for the chance to take on Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms in November.
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On Tuesday night, the New York Post reported that the woman had been identified as Angie Baez, a 40-year-old financial industry executive.
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Led by Miles Macquarrie, the restaurant’s beverage director and winner of the 2024 Michelin Guide Exceptional Cocktails Award, the cocktail menu is extensive but intentionally curated.
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Adam Hoffer is director of excise tax policy at the Tax Foundation.
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While taking the ferry to Liberty Island, Muir spoke to Captain Hamilton Clancy, who grew up in the shadow of the statue as his grandfather used to be the superintendent of Liberty Island.
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How the office will change All of the state superintendent’s authority will transfer to the education commissioner, who will be named by the governor and then approved by the state Senate.
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All the spending on the national events angers one supervisor at a Florida airport.
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For this story, a Yolo County spokesperson agreed to an interview with CBS News Sacramento on the grand jury's findings and the board of supervisors' response.
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“Administrator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/administrator. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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