producer
noun
pro·duc·er
prə-ˈdü-sər 
prō-,
-ˈdyü-
1
2
: a person who supervises or finances a work (such as a staged or recorded performance) for exhibition or dissemination to the public
3
: an autotrophic organism (such as a green plant) viewed as a source of biomass that can be consumed by other organisms compare consumer
Examples of producer in a Sentence
the producer of the play
He is the director and producer.
The country is the world's leading oil producer.
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Joanne Lee of Jackson Pictures and Landesman will serve as executive producers.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 6 June 2025
Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg, and Eli Despres serve as executive producers, along with Vinnie Malhotra.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 6 June 2025
Today, this husband and wife, Larry and MaryAnn Tsai, are making a stunning Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon as a wine producer under the name Moone Tsai Wines.
—Cathrine Todd, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Erickson would serve as writer, showrunner, and executive producer.
—Mekishana Pierre Updated, EW.com, 6 June 2025
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 6 June 2025
Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg, and Eli Despres serve as executive producers, along with Vinnie Malhotra.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 6 June 2025
Today, this husband and wife, Larry and MaryAnn Tsai, are making a stunning Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon as a wine producer under the name Moone Tsai Wines.
—Cathrine Todd, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Erickson would serve as writer, showrunner, and executive producer.
—Mekishana Pierre Updated, EW.com, 6 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for producer
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“Producer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/producer. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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producer
noun
pro·duc·er
prə-ˈd(y)ü-sər
1
: one that produces
especially
: a person who grows agricultural products or manufactures articles
2
: a person who supervises or finances a play, a movie, or a radio or television program
3
: a living thing (as a green plant) that makes its food from simple inorganic substances (as carbon dioxide and nitrogen) and many of which are food sources for other organisms compare consumer sense 2
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