supervisor
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The rescued men, both Nepali, were named as Sanjay Sah, 30, a mechanical foreman, as well as Maharjan, 45, a mechanical supervisor, by Home Minister Sudan Gurung.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
He declined to share expectations around the timeline for offering the service without a human supervisor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Cerón suggested the dishes be tossed out, according to the complaint, but a supervisor told her they were needed for an upcoming flight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
"For us, it's a little bit hard to use electric," explains Carlos Camarena, a supervisor for a California landscaping company.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Journeying abroad initially appeared the perfect solution to the complete lack of chemical facts in my head, a condition at times encouraged by my Ph.D. supervisor, the Italian-trained microbiologist Salvador Luria.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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The Barr report also described a risk-averse culture in which supervisors waited “to form ironclad assessments” that created a “hesitancy to move decisively.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
That was also the reason given by public-safety-tech company Axon Enterprise when earlier this year it cut hundreds of manager roles and reassigned small-team supervisors to individual-contributor roles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
"A lot of people are going to get replaced, not just actors: crew members, visual effects supervisors," the 65-year-old, who picked up a lifetime achievement award in Venice on Wednesday, told the audience.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
The town is served by the Sheriff’s Department’s Barstow station, which has 25 deputies and supervisors to cover more than 9,200 square miles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Girls now reported directly to their engineers or to the computer supervisors attached to the group.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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