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Noun
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On July 13, taskmaster Saturn will station retrograde in Aries, presenting the opportunity to recalibrate and refocus.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
12 July 2025 -
Revolutionize management: Move from taskmaster to coach.—
Lori Huss,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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After Dončić’s shocking trade from the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers, the Mavericks’ general manager, Nico Harrison, suggested the move was necessary because Dončić was bad at defense.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
3 Aug. 2025
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Early in my career, as a new manager, my supervisor taught me invaluable lessons through coaching.—
Julie Kratz,
Forbes.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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By several accounts, Xi was a ferocious disciplinarian.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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He was variously depicted as both a strict disciplinarian and also an emotionally intelligent father figure to the players.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
1 June 2025
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The shopfloor supervisor who holds the line on safety and respect without quoting a manual.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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What did supervisors say about rangers in performance reviews?—
Maritza Dominguez,
AZCentral.com,
24 July 2025
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But Muir’s co-moderator, Linsey Davis, was a different case: Davis wore a mannish, gray suit jacket and struck a pose of martinet — almost schoolmarmish — solemnity.—
Armond White,
National Review,
20 Sep. 2024
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There’s Cece’s father, long vanished; Ronnie, a predator; Marcel, a martinet; Joel, a manipulator; and a random catcaller in the street, whom Cece sends scurrying away by turning her acting skills to practical use.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
12 June 2024
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Investors expect the corporate boardroom to be an active and effective leadership control and overseer of the journey into the AI future.—
Bob Zukis,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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But then pop music is really just endless cycles of unseen corporate overseers field-testing their hunches and schemes on a willing and unwitting public.—
Armin Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
25 July 2025
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Of course, there are some unrealistic elements in F1, moments that might have sticklers raising an eyebrow, but the film doesn’t feel any less dramatic than the real thing.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2025
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Wilson had always been a stickler in the studio, the perfectionist who kept repeating takes, bean-counters be damned, until the song felt right.—
Elias Leight,
Billboard,
18 June 2025
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The board plans to hire a recruiting firm to search for a permanent superintendent, Archer said.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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The standard for the superintendent should be no different.—
Isabel van Brugen,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 July 2025
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“Micromanager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/micromanager. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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