Example Sentences

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Gonzalez doesn’t believe the middle manager is an endangered species, but job details will evolve, she said.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

He looked less like a rockstar, more like a middle manager in a corporate accounts department.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024

Lumbergh, in his two-toned buttoned-down shirt and with his ever-present coffee mug, drooling a series of "mmmkays" and "yeeeahs," is every middle manager masking their incompetence while lording their authority over deflated subordinates.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2024

He’d been a middle manager at a utility company, took a buyout after a merger and layoff, and then watched much of his retirement fund vaporize during a market crash.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2023

A middle manager, she was sure, from his boxy suit and contrast collar.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie