micromanagers

plural of micromanager

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Noun
  • Work is work, and there’s writerly reward, too, in daily encounters with a diverse range of taskmasters across all social groups.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • One expert noted that turning satellite data into information useful to firefighters and forestry managers will take some time.
    Eric Niiler, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Starters were voted in by fans, while pitchers and reserve players were selected through a player ballot, a group of voters consisting of players, managers, coaches and league personnel.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026
Noun
  • You are asked to be teachers, counselors, social workers, disciplinarians, mentors, advocates, crisis managers and emotional anchors for children navigating an increasingly complicated world.
    Susana A. Mendoza, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • 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.
    Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 2 July 2026
  • Whyte closed by encouraging aspiring supervisors to trust their instincts, seek out student productions for hands-on experience, and invest in building professional relationships.
    Faye Bradley, Variety, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • The rise of the grammar sticklers Many of today’s ideas about what constitutes correct English are based on a singular – often mistaken – 19th-century view of the forces that govern our language.
    Valerie M. Fridland, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Yes, some sticklers would insist that greatly should never stand between to and excel.
    Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • School district management groups, such as the one representing county superintendents, were more supportive of the changes.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • Better Decisions, Earlier What constrains superintendents is how much time every day gets consumed by documentation and piecing together what happened, rather than applying that judgment to what comes next.
    Mike Winn, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • The Austrian Alps are fantastically photogenic, and the principals in the Plamberger trial had left a detailed record of their time in the mountains on social media.
    William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • The matter simmered until February 24, 1976, when the board, after one of its regular meetings, asked Irving Carroll and Ernest Valenze, the principals of Island Trees’ two high schools, to remove the books from the library shelves.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • The point is that these models demonstrated the ability to deceive their overseers in order to pursue hidden goals.
    Robert Wright, Fortune, 24 June 2026
  • Their biology is dictated by their human overseers, who prioritize efficiency over quality of life.
    Jacqueline Goldblatt, PC Magazine, 8 June 2026
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“Micromanagers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/micromanagers. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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