gaffer

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Recent Examples of gaffer With Vermes now out at Kansas City, there only two who currently occupy that dual role: San Jose Earthquakes boss Bruce Arena, and Chicago Fire gaffer Gregg Berhalter. Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025 But the Colorado gaffer was not alone in shrinking in the moment. Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025 One lady was a stage manager, another read lines with actors, someone else was a gaffer. Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025 That belief is all down to the gaffer. Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gaffer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gaffer
Noun
  • After the sudden death of the farm’s patriarch, Arnaud Lasserre, Alba becomes the main suspect.
    Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 9 July 2025
  • Based on the first episode that dropped Monday and promos of episodes to come, the family patriarch and his dream of an agricultural empire seem to no longer be the focus of the reality TV series based in northwest Missouri that is streaming on Bravo and Peacock.
    Mike Hendricks July 6, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • Kerr County’s emergency manager would have been the one to guide a flash flooding procedure and evacuation plan – ideally established ahead of time – that’s designed to maximize lives saved.
    Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 10 July 2025
  • Instead of trying to memorize dozens of complex passwords, a password manager securely stores them for you and automatically fills them in when needed.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • The boss man certainly has a soft spot for the graybeard – and Whitworth literally has a graying beard – who's been so exceptional over the years while protecting quarterbacks Jared Goff and Matthew Stafford, which is only a small part of what he's meant to the Rams.
    Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Immediately, four dogs bound out of a modest pine log cabin, barking their fool heads off; there's George, a fluffy Newfoundland with a graybeard's tired face; Bunny, an Old English sheepdog; and Shih Tzus Clementine and Bear, the latter of whom cannot and will not be befriended.
    Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2021
Noun
  • With Boone managing the American League after winning a pennant last season, there had been some assumptions that the skipper would/could pick Fried to start the exhibition.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 11 July 2025
  • Former charter skipper Basil Symonette founded Bitter End in the late 1960s.
    Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • Does the town still have a past outside the fading memories of its old-timers?
    John Carlisle, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
  • More deals may or may not emerge – old-timer Mediacom is still operating independently - but none may ever again represent a real realignment in the cable world.
    Howard Homonoff, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • Gartner was Rodriguez-Kennedy’s immediate supervisor.
    Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2025
  • Later in the video, Bennett speaks to a supervisor outside the police station.
    Daniel McGowan, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • Who among us oldsters doesn’t enjoy a good VFX-costume parlay?
    Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Folks back in the day had Yoda as their feisty oldster and the kids now have Maz. 36.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 24 May 2023
Noun
  • Highlight Legacy and Stewardship: Frame succession planning as selecting a steward for the collection, ensuring that the collector’s passion and vision endure.
    Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
  • Wallace and Bibb, Mr. Wilson, the steward, and their assistants, are doing all in their power to make this asylum a credit to the state of Texas.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 4 July 2025

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“Gaffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaffer. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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