producer
noun
pro·duc·er
prə-ˈdü-sər 
prō-,
-ˈdyü-
1
2
: a person who supervises or finances a work (such as a staged or recorded performance) for exhibition or dissemination to the public
3
: an autotrophic organism (such as a green plant) viewed as a source of biomass that can be consumed by other organisms compare consumer
Examples of producer in a Sentence
the producer of the play
He is the director and producer.
The country is the world's leading oil producer.
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Pope, Dajan and Williams also serve as executive producers.
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2025
Jerry London, who directed the nine-hour Shogun that aired on NBC in September 1980, remembers his project as challenging, and says that producers initially pushed for a director of Japanese descent.
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2025
Wow, producers actually let the women put on coats.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 18 Feb. 2025
During the medical mystery's January premiere episode, executive producer Craig Sweeny even found a plausible reason for Watson to take off his shirt after crashing on the office couch at Pittsburgh's Holmes Clinic.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2025
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2025
Jerry London, who directed the nine-hour Shogun that aired on NBC in September 1980, remembers his project as challenging, and says that producers initially pushed for a director of Japanese descent.
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2025
Wow, producers actually let the women put on coats.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 18 Feb. 2025
During the medical mystery's January premiere episode, executive producer Craig Sweeny even found a plausible reason for Watson to take off his shirt after crashing on the office couch at Pittsburgh's Holmes Clinic.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for producer
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producer
noun
pro·duc·er
prə-ˈd(y)ü-sər
1
: one that produces
especially
: a person who grows agricultural products or manufactures articles
2
: a person who supervises or finances a play, a movie, or a radio or television program
3
: a living thing (as a green plant) that makes its food from simple inorganic substances (as carbon dioxide and nitrogen) and many of which are food sources for other organisms compare consumer sense 2
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