as in chairperson
a person in charge of a meeting
I was unaccustomed to being the presider of anything larger than a departmental meeting
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Diane Wang is the founder, chairperson, and CEO at DHGATE Group, one of China’s leading cross-border B2B e-commerce marketplaces, founded in 2004. ...Diane Wang, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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Jindal is the president of Art India magazine and the chairperson of JSW Foundation, the social development arm of JSW Group.Shreejaya Nair, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2024
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Lawmakers may need to consider regulations requiring a more effective combination of AI and human moderators to ensure fairer moderation.Anisha Sircar, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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One topic the moderators brought up was transgender rights, given that Cruz and groups supporting him have begun running advertisements alleging that Allred supports positions such as allowing boys to play in girls' sports.Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2024
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Brennan, who was appointed by Republican former president and now president-elect Donald Trump, was joined by Senior Circuit Judge Kenneth Ripple, an appointee of Republican former president Ronald Reagan.Reuters, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Some have speculated Trump might use his second term as president to help mend the deep divisions he’s created over the last tempestuous decade.Mark Z. Barabak, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Marcus was Home Depot’s CEO until 1997 and served as the company’s chairman until his retirement in 2002.Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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His father, Joseph Kennedy, made a large fortune as an investor, and also was appointed by Franklin Delano in 1934 Roosevelt as the first chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. 3.Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Presider.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presider. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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