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scheduler

British  
/ ˈʃɛdjuːlə, ˈskɛdʒʊələ /

noun

  1. a person whose job is to allot times for television or radio programmes to be broadcast

  2. computing a computer program designed to aid in scheduling tasks

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A transportation scheduler for people with disabilities, Knight only has $2,000 saved for retirement, but she said her loan payments make it impossible to pay more.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

To help her take each drug at the right time, her daughter Anna Notaro fills a pill scheduler with sections for each day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

Less than a year after she started working in politics, she worked on Ronald Reagan’s successful 1980 presidential campaign and later became a scheduler in his White House.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2024

Milagros Montalvo, who lives in Tokyo Villa and is Jurado’s scheduler, met her future boss at an event for queer women of color.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2024

In the final weeks of the primaries, Barack’s campaign began expanding my team to include a scheduler and a personal aide—Kristen Jarvis, a warmhearted former staffer from Barack’s U.S.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama