director
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administrant, administrator, archon, exec, executive, manager, superintendent, supervisor
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That left the French side's sporting director, Leonardo, demanding La Blaugrana stump up the requisite fee, with failure to do so making a transfer impossible. — SI.com, "Neymar: Rumoured Transfer 'Almost Discarded' as Barcelona Admit Defeat in Pursuit of PSG Star," 31 Aug. 2019 In addition, Kent Lacob, the younger son of owner Joe Lacob, was promoted from general manager of the Santa Cruz Warriors to the Warriors’ director of team development. — Jon Becker, The Mercury News, "Zaza Pachulia returns to Warriors organization," 29 Aug. 2019 In the meantime, Batelle is still deciding who will become NEON’s scientific director, replacing Sharon Collinge, who resigned early this year in protest of how Battelle was treating its scientific staff. — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, "NSF’s huge ecological observatory is open for business. But tensions remain," 29 Aug. 2019 From the Archive is a weekly column by Bill Van Niekerken, the library director of The Chronicle, exploring the depths of the newspaper’s archive. — Bill Van Niekerken, SFChronicle.com, "Remembering Emeryville’s mudflat art — and why the mud won out," 28 Aug. 2019 The director of the National Hurricane Center, Kenneth Graham, said Tuesday in an interview on WSVN-Ch. — Tonya Alanez, sun-sentinel.com, "Tropical Storm Dorian bearing down on Puerto Rico," 28 Aug. 2019 According to the school, the fall 2019 class will cover such films as McConaughey’s The Gentlemen (opening in January) and Mud (2013), with the director of the latter, Jeff Nichols, scheduled to visit. — Lauren Huff, EW.com, "Alright, alright, alright — Matthew McConaughey is officially a professor now," 28 Aug. 2019 Whether as a camper, counselor-in-training, counselor, volunteer, or director, each played a unique role in allowing the Camp to be a part of the Moodus community for nearly 60 years. — courant.com, "Community News For The Colchester Edition," 28 Aug. 2019 Whitmer's budget director, Chris Kolb, said the administration is preparing for a possible partial government shutdown on Oct. 1 by determining what critical functions would have to continue and what resources would be needed to support them. — Kathleen Gray, Detroit Free Press, "Whitmer calls on Republican lawmakers to reveal their plan for fixing Michigan roads," 28 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'director.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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Note: Directors owe a fiduciary duty to the shareholders in the exercise of their powers. Directors have the power to appoint and dismiss officers, declare and pay dividends on stock, initiate major corporate actions such as mergers or dissolution, and determine other matters affecting the corporation.