as in chairman
a person in charge of a meeting
the chairperson will determine the order in which people will speak
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Recent Examples of chairperson
Belousov's comments Monday echo those of Security Council Deputy chairperson and former President Dmitry Medvedev on December 12 that Russian occupation of all four oblasts remains Moscow's current territorial objective.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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
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
Honorary chairpersons for the fundraiser are Venessa Yates, Heather Clark and Whitney Cooper.
—Deb Harvell, arkansasonline.com, 23 Sep. 2024
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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
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
Honorary chairpersons for the fundraiser are Venessa Yates, Heather Clark and Whitney Cooper.
—Deb Harvell, arkansasonline.com, 23 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chairperson
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In revealing Haaland’s contract, The Athletic detailed how a significant factor was Haaland’s rapport with Pep Guardiola and City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak.—
Martin Rogers,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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Kang asked Chester Chong, the chamber’s chairman in a June 2019 email.—
Ari Plachta,
Sacramento Bee,
17 Jan. 2025
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The financier and art collector, Andrew W. Mellon, who served as Treasury Secretary under four presidents from 1921 to 1932, conceived of and gave the National Gallery of Art.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
WWD,
19 Jan. 2025
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The president also made headlines with a sweeping pardon for his son, Hunter Biden, who faced prosecution for gun and tax offenses last December.—
Melissa Noel,
Essence,
19 Jan. 2025
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More users mean more potential for trouble, so Bluesky was forced to boost its content-moderation team, which expanded to roughly 100 moderators and growing, Bluesky said in a moderation report released Friday.—
Will McCurdy,
PCMAG,
19 Jan. 2025
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Two people identified as moderators of the site were arrested in July, but authorities did not detail their exact role.—
Aurelien Breeden,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Chairperson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chairperson. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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