conductor
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Mandell described Beckett as a conductor rather than a director.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Everyone speaks as though an unseen conductor is calling out, “Allegro!” or someone accidentally pressed the 1.5x speed button in their throats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The crew’s morning began in Kyiv before dawn with an air-raid alert and an evacuation of the station, recalls conductor Natalia Matsiiuk as she checks people’s tickets and ID.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Another way in which the conductor and orchestra are capitalizing on a situation not of their choosing is by traveling well beyond the D.C. suburbs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The voice of the conductor resided with great constancy just below the customary pose of the fighter pilot.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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All conductors struggle with the contents of such inaugural bills, wanting them to shine a spotlight without seeming self-aggrandizing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
The orchestra is famed for taking startling chances on charismatic, emerging but inexperienced conductors of exceptional talent who reached greatness and became dazzling stars over long tenures.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026
The LA Philharmonic's creative director Esa-Pekka Salonen described Harding as "absolutely one of the most important conductors of our time".
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
The other part used normal conductors, which resist electrical flow.
From Science Daily ● May 21, 2026
They are called conductors, and the way they bring us here is called a railroad.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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