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as in chairperson
a person in charge of a meeting
the speaker announced that it was time for the club to move on to another matter
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as in spokesperson
a person who speaks for another or for a group
unofficially chose a speaker to broach the subject with the supervisor of the department
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as in lecturer
a person who makes usually formal public speeches
the after-dinner speaker was a career diplomat who regaled us with humorous anecdotes from his travels abroad
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Recent Examples of speaker
Recent studies by the Stanford Computational Policy Lab, for example, show that many leading speech recognition tools misunderstand Black speakers twice as often as white speakers.
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Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
Republicans brace for a speaker fight to kick off 2025.
—ABC News, 29 Dec. 2024
The temperature is always a comfortable 86 degrees Fahrenheit, and 27 underwater speakers and 164 dimmable lights help set a calm, soothing ambiance.
—Erik Trinidad, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2024
Each speaker highlighted the pivotal role women play in addressing the complex challenges of climate change, emphasizing equity and collaboration as keys to building a sustainable future.
—Lilian Raji, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
Republicans brace for a speaker fight to kick off 2025.
—ABC News, 29 Dec. 2024
The temperature is always a comfortable 86 degrees Fahrenheit, and 27 underwater speakers and 164 dimmable lights help set a calm, soothing ambiance.
—Erik Trinidad, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2024
Each speaker highlighted the pivotal role women play in addressing the complex challenges of climate change, emphasizing equity and collaboration as keys to building a sustainable future.
—Lilian Raji, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speaker
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Goldwasser served as chairperson of the diversity committee for the Casting Society of America, and earned 11 CSA Artios Award nominations, with two wins, as well as a nomination for the Heller Award for Television Casting Director of the Year.Lynette Rice, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
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Related Articles Mao and his wife, Wang Liqun, who serves as the company’s vice chairperson, jointly hold a 45 percent stake in the label, both directly and via investment entities.Denni Hu, WWD, 10 Dec. 2024
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New store locations will be added to the website throughout the year, the spokesperson said.Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Newsweek emailed a spokesperson for director Jon M. Chu for comment on Tuesday outside of normal business hours.George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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After a question from moderator Dana Bash on their ages (Trump is 78 and Biden was 81 at the time), the two started challenging one another to a round of golf.Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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Join moderator Jeffrey Goldberg, McKay Coppins of The Atlantic, Jane Mayer of The New Yorker, and Tarini Parti of The Wall Street Journal to discuss this and more.The Editors, The Atlantic, 7 Dec. 2024
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Jonathan Kaplan, a spokesman for the Open Society Foundations, did not respond to a request for comment.Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Dec. 2024
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Earlier this week, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said questions would be collected from Russians in advance to allow the maximum number of people to lodge their appeals, in line with previous years.NBC News, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
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Senators will likely still be able to consider the former and future president's Cabinet nominees.Sam Woodward, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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Helfman, who has been at the company for nearly two decades, will be succeeded on an interim basis by Nancy Walsh, president of Informa Markets North America.Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 20 Dec. 2024
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Concurrent with the news, CEO Steve Michaels has moved into a role as chairman of Pantheon, while naming Jen O’Connell as the company’s new CEO.Michael Schneider, Variety, 19 Dec. 2024
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Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, was an early investor and now serves as the company's chairman.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Speaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speaker. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.
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