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administration(noun, person, authority, human, director)
7
businessman(noun, administrator)
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governing(adjective, administrative)
7
captain(noun, authority, head, master, effort)
7
directorate(noun, person, authority, assembly, director)
7
exec(noun, law, person, informal, authority)
7
executive director(noun, expression, idiom)
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president(noun, company, authority, head, master)
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supervisory(adjective, over, administration, administrative, administrators)
6
authoritative(adjective, important, subject, government, dominant)
6
kingpin(noun, law, judge, master, expert)
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managing(adjective, administrative)
6
master(noun, adjective, head, master, boss)
6
responsible(adjective, charge, accountable, causative)
5
authority(noun, law, state, power, rule)
5
directorial(adjective, over, administration, administrative, administrators)
5
government(noun, person)
5
governmental(adjective, political, parliamentary)
5
head honcho(noun, expression, person, authority, head)
5
ruler(noun, superior, head, master, boss)
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