How to Use supervisor in a Sentence

supervisor

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  • The supervisor fired him after he showed up at work drunk.
  • If you have a problem, go to your supervisor.
  • Reba — who was Rogers' first pick of the five — is a bar supervisor and mom from South Dakota.
    — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
  • No matter what supervisors do, the fight won’t end there.
    — J.d. Morris, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Mar. 2023
  • One day, one of the City of Phoenix Parks supervisors called Andrade into the rec building.
    — Dylan Wickman, The Arizona Republic, 19 May 2024
  • The employee said a supervisor approved his idea and told him to move forward with the plan, the report said.
    — Naomi Martin, BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2023
  • In the past, Linda just called the DPW crew supervisor, who would tell her to leave the trash can out and a truck would come by to pick it up, usually by the next day.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 16 May 2023
  • Conor Welch: First of all, our music supervisor manager Manish Raval is is the best in the game.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Miguel said that when he got hurt, his supervisor told him not to give his real age at the hospital.
    — Hannah Dreier, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2023
  • The new supervisor is expected to be sworn in by early next month.
    — Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2023
  • In one case, a supervisor witnessed an officer strike or shove a handcuffed man in the back.
    — Steve Thompson, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023
  • If those people tell you to get lost, appeal to their supervisors.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Those texts moved the supervisor to request a welfare check.
    — Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 15 Dec. 2023
  • At the time, Feinstein was president of the board of supervisors.
    — Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2023
  • In the meantime, stunned employees screamed at the supervisors.
    — Ted Genoways, The New Republic, 25 May 2023
  • Feinstein, the president of the board of supervisors, was the first to find Milk’s body and became mayor after Moscone’s death.
    — Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Each supervisor would manage a telephone exchange near the front or behind the lines.
    — Elizabeth Cobbs / Made By History, TIME, 19 June 2024
  • For writers at all levels, from showrunners to script supervisors, the ripple effects from these changes went on and on.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 11 Oct. 2023
  • In that case, be sure to tell the interviewer to not contact your current supervisor but list all of the previous ones.
    — Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2023
  • Since 1926, voters have rejected the idea of adding more supervisors eight times.
    — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2024
  • Multiple supervisors told The News that means they’re expected to watch a crew’s work from start to finish.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 13 July 2024
  • Worse yet, this conduct has been brought to the attention of his supervisors, and no discipline of any kind has been enforced.
    — Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 19 Apr. 2024
  • The supervisors asked for a report on different options to achieve that.
    — Susan Shelley, Orange County Register, 4 June 2024
  • Even those who do hold jobs often hide their past substance use from their supervisors or colleagues.
    — Lev Facher, STAT, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Under state law, the first day supervisors of elections offices could send the initial batch of mail ballots was July 11.
    — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2024
  • Starting on May 20, supervisors and managers will be required to report to their offices or work in the field a minimum of twice per week.
    — Maya Miller, Sacramento Bee, 1 Apr. 2024
  • His work in the industry spanned many facets, from child actor and wardrobe supervisor to script writer and producer.
    — Sophia Scorziello, Variety, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The reports will be reviewed by their supervisors and other command staff, according to the memo.
    — Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The engineer also took home thousands of pages of ATR 72 records, which his supervisor said he was allowed to do, authorities said.
    — Salvador Rizzo The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 11 Aug. 2024
  • Marsh called his supervisor seeking an alternative route, but in the chaotic aftermath of the shooting could not reach his boss, according to the lawsuit.
    — Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2024

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