as in chief
highest in rank or authority
a senator who is the presiding member of the armed services committee
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Also last week: Newsom’s chief disaster officer asked the Trump administration to test soil for toxic chemicals in areas burned by the Eaton and Palisades fires.—
Sammy Roth,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2025 -
Dana Levenson was the city’s chief financial officer from 2004 to 2007.—
Dana Levenson,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
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Boston committed 19 turnovers and looked a step slow in the paint (where Detroit owned a commanding 62-20 scoring edge) and in transition (29-8).—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
27 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile, a poll conducted by WPA Intelligence between January 28 and 30 among 600 likely Republican primary voters gave Ramaswamy another commanding lead over his rivals, with 57 percent support compared to Yost's 26 percent.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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Admiral Stavridis was the supreme allied commander from 2009 to 2013.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
3 Mar. 2025
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Auburn actually isn’t playing its best basketball of the season right now, but the Tigers have supreme late-game confidence.—
Joe Rexrode,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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The biographical circumstances and the reddish tinge of the foremost prisoner’s hair have led commentators to interpret the image metaphorically, even solipsistically––the prisoner becomes a cipher for van Gogh, physically and psychologically incarcerated.—
Sarah C. Schaefer,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2025
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Forbes Business Council is the foremost growth and networking organization for business owners and leaders.—
Christian Oberbeck,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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On Monday, Trump hosted Macron at the White House, where Trump emphasized the need for European nations to take a leading role in ensuring Ukraine's security and suggested that Russia would accept the deployment of European peacekeeping forces in the region.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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The Substance Nominations: Best actress in a leading role (Demi Moore), best director (Coralie Fargeat), best makeup and hairstyling, best picture, best original screenplay How to watch: Stream on Mubi, Apple TV, or Prime Video.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
24 Feb. 2025
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Community preservation can also be an act of political warfare, as Art in America senior editor Emily Watlington explores in her essay on climate change and disability, writing about such matters as LaToya Ruby Frazier’s efforts to restore clean water to Flint, Michigan.—
Sarah Douglas,
ARTnews.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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Eric Berger is the senior space editor at Ars Technica, covering everything from astronomy to private space to NASA policy, and author of two books: Liftoff, about the rise of SpaceX; and Reentry, on the development of the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
4 Mar. 2025
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The Athletic’s Bracket Watch that published on Tuesday had Auburn, Duke, Florida and Alabama as the top seeds — with Auburn a lock to stay there and Duke close to it — and No. 2 seeds Tennessee and Houston as the challengers with the most opportunity for upward mobility.—
Joe Rexrode,
The Athletic,
2 Mar. 2025
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Still, White House officials including border czar Tom Homan have expressed frustration with the pace of arrests and removals, and several top ICE officials have already been removed from their posts.—
Joel Rose,
NPR,
1 Mar. 2025
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Dennis, the agency’s new principal deputy chief financial officer, is a former partner at the global consulting giant EY, also commonly known by its original name, Ernst & Young.—
Jesse Coburn,
ProPublica,
7 Mar. 2025
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But what about things that are objectively terrible that still bear most of the principal markers of success?—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Presiding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presiding. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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