as in administrator
a person who manages or directs something
as archon of the nation's most prestigious university, he became something of a national figure
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Recent Examples of archon
As the service came to an end, Bartholomew delivered the traditional blessing for a new archon, a layperson being honored for service to the Church.
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Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
Baal is launching in Genshin Impact patch 2.1 this week, and players will be able to get their hands on the first new archon since Zhongli, and the first new electro hero since…ever.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
Baal is launching in Genshin Impact patch 2.1 this week, and players will be able to get their hands on the first new archon since Zhongli, and the first new electro hero since…ever.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for archon
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Teacher turnover Educators who were frustrated by remote learning and other conditions quit teaching and departed from classrooms across the nation, leaving school administrators nationwide with shortages of teachers and substitutes on staff, according to a RAND survey from 2021.—
Kayla Jimenez,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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Rubio will continue to be USAID's acting administrator, and the two political appointees will be deputy administrators.—
Camilla Schick,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2025
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Even historically celebrated geniuses like Albert Einstein or Steve Jobs benefited immensely from working in fields that were fertile with change, ripe for disruption, and full of hard-working builders, makers, managers, and workers.—
Mark Nevins,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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Most significant, though, was the presence of Egil Olsen, a manager derided as a dinosaur at the time but who looks, in hindsight, an awful lot like a pioneer.—
Rory Smith,
The Athletic,
22 Mar. 2025
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Yet a small amount of the whisky survived, says Ewan Gunn, an executive at Diageo, the global beverage company that now owns Port Ellen, as well as brands such as Johnnie Walker and Lagavulin.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Mar. 2025
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Tesla executives last week sent an unsigned letter to the U.S. trade representative warning that President Trump's foreign trade policies could be harmful to domestic EV-makers.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2025
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The school board sought input from parents, staff and students in the search for a new superintendent, according to the release.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
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The superintendent said no other students were injured.—
Mike Stunson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Mar. 2025
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The director of Last Call, Gil Mehmert, is acclaimed for visually and emotionally rich productions such as German productions of ONCE, The Elephant Man, and Cabaret.—
Court Stroud,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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The director of the F1 movie, Joseph Kosinski, has revealed the one condition Lewis Hamilton had going into its production.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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County supervisors bought into his ongoing call for a total transformation of the local mental health care system, shifting toward crisis centers at a time when many in the community were calling for the immediate construction of new locked units attached to major medical centers.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
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Bass is the sole challenger to Jordan, who was first elected Rich Township supervisor in 2021, in the April 1 election.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Archon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archon. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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