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superintendent

noun as in person who oversees organization

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He didn’t reach that last goal, but his work was so well respected that he was appointed superintendent of the 10th census in April 1879.

The district’s superintendent David Miyashiro wants to keep that program running through the fall.

The superintendent of Bonsall Unified told us her district ordered laptops to give to students, but they won’t arrive for months.

The superintendent at Borrego Springs Unified School District said he’s still trying to figure out how to connect students where there’s spotty cell phone and internet service.

Evans and Barrera gathered together superintendents and board members from some of the biggest districts in California, including Los Angeles Unified.

Police Superintendent Michael Harrison said the decline was a result of an effort to decrease gang violence.

A former superintendent of Milwaukee schools, he is now a Distinguished Professor of Education at Marquette University.

On Thursday, Detective Superintendent McDonald described his account as “harrowing” and compelling.

I happened to run into the superintendent the day we got the news, and blurted out a question in an unguarded moment.

Superintendent Smith, in fact, had fielded a steady stream of complaints about him that never resulted in any direct action.

The door went down—glass crashed—another door yielded—two wild figures fell into the superintendent's private office.

And it might be a year or two before a superintendent could be found capable in every way of managing so complicated a ranch.

When I told the superintendent something about your looking for such a girl because of a law case, he was much interested.

The superintendent and many of the workers go down the river to Para and Manaos or to villages on higher ground.

In 1715 he became “page” to D. Francisco de Ocio, superintendent general of customs, who doubtless employed him as a clerk.

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On this page you'll find 51 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to superintendent, such as: administrator, chief, controller, curator, custodian, and director.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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