as in chairperson
a person in charge of a meeting
the moderator should make sure that everyone gets a chance to speak
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Recent Examples of moderator
The View’s moderator showed off her trophy on the ABC daytime talk show after winning the Best Narration category for narrating her novel Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me.
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Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2025
Alana Kaplan, the head judge and moderator, asked the kids to make a funny face to get their wiggles out.
—Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
The View producer Brian Teta was once again called out by EGOT-winning actress and show moderator Whoopi Goldberg live on the air.
—EW.com, 11 Mar. 2025
The former First Lady of Canada and longtime mental health advocate sat down with moderator Gina Pell, creative Leader and co-founder of The What and The What Alliance, for a deeply personal conversation about resilience, trauma and the power of vulnerability.
—Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 8 Mar. 2025
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Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2025
Alana Kaplan, the head judge and moderator, asked the kids to make a funny face to get their wiggles out.
—Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
The View producer Brian Teta was once again called out by EGOT-winning actress and show moderator Whoopi Goldberg live on the air.
—EW.com, 11 Mar. 2025
The former First Lady of Canada and longtime mental health advocate sat down with moderator Gina Pell, creative Leader and co-founder of The What and The What Alliance, for a deeply personal conversation about resilience, trauma and the power of vulnerability.
—Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moderator
Noun
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Also during the meeting, Planning Group members selected new officers: Lauren Elyse Welty is the new chairperson of the group, Robin Joy Maxson is vice-chair, and Kristi Mansolf is continuing as secretary.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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The statement also said the chairperson of the board is appointed by the center’s board members.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The president insists that tariffs will help expand American manufacturing, which would make for a stronger economy overall.—
Rohit Arora,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Other financial aid programs are also secure, the college president said.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
20 Mar. 2025
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Elias Shraga, chairman for the Movement for Quality Government in Israel, a legal watchdog, agreed that Netanyahu’s war in Gaza was being waged to keep him in power.—
Mike Schwartz,
CNN,
19 Mar. 2025
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David Novak, co-founder of the fast-food giant behind KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, was named chairman of the company that will be formed by Comcast‘s decision to spin off the many cable networks of NBCUniversal.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Moderator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moderator. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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