scheduler
Britishnoun
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a person whose job is to allot times for television or radio programmes to be broadcast
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computing a computer program designed to aid in scheduling tasks
Example Sentences
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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
Barger’s office said on May 15 that a scheduler would reach out to set up a meeting, but that never happened, according to Bonner’s Wednesday letter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2025
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
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
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