conductor
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Finally assuming the role of music director, the conductor opened the orchestra’s season with a passionately played program that included John Adams’s work in memory of 9/11.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Their debut there, before the conductor officially assumed the music directorship, was a lively and gratifying pops event in January.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Bouaddi functions as a deep-lying conductor and would complement Anderson, who is comfortable as a box-to-box midfielder as well as the number six role he plays for England.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
A CFP serves a role more akin, in musical terms, to a conductor.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
I see the train conductor pick up the paper tickets, punch holes in them with a metal clicker, and replace them into the seat tabs.
From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi
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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
"If such a material could replace regular conductors in applications like computers and data centers, global energy consumption could be slashed and the heat footprint of the ICT sector vastly reduced."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026
Phil and at 67 having become one of the world’s most impressive conductors and composers, he is moving back to L.A., where he will become the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
"Since India hasn't done much in AI or renewable energy or semi conductors, there are not many industries generating the kind of excitement or long-term returns investors now see elsewhere in Asia," says Sengupta.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
Why, for so many years, were conductors so oblivious to the corruption of their snap judgments?
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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