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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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Mike Segar | Reuters Former U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna, Binance CEO Richard Teng and LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil are among the key speakers scheduled to take part in CNBC’s inaugural CONVERGE LIVE event on Thursday.
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Sam Meredith, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2025
The speaker has often been a foil to Mayor Adams, who is not related to her, and poses a threat to both him and ex-Gov. Cuomo, who has also stepped into the race.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2025
More than a dozen speakers are mounted beyond the big screen, and there are onboard speakers behind each rider, Carr said.
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2025
English speakers also arrived as volunteers, flocking in their matching T-shirts to local hospitals and orphanages.
—Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2025
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Sam Meredith, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2025
The speaker has often been a foil to Mayor Adams, who is not related to her, and poses a threat to both him and ex-Gov. Cuomo, who has also stepped into the race.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2025
More than a dozen speakers are mounted beyond the big screen, and there are onboard speakers behind each rider, Carr said.
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2025
English speakers also arrived as volunteers, flocking in their matching T-shirts to local hospitals and orphanages.
—Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speaker
Noun
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The board’s chairperson, Jennifer Hockenhull, declined to comment on the lawsuit.—
Danny Freeman,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
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From left to right: Banco Santander executive chairperson Ana Botin, Bank of America chair and CEO Brian Moynihan, TotalEnergies chairman and CEO Patrick Pouyanne and Blackstone Group chair and CEO Stephen Schwarzman, during Trump's address at Davos.—
Alex Ledsom,
Fortune Europe,
10 Feb. 2025
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The spokesperson declined to provide Vortic’s valuation and said that Nixon is not on the company’s board.—
Angelica Villa,
ARTnews.com,
13 Mar. 2025
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Teixeira pleaded guilty to the obstruction charge at the court-martial on Thursday, his family spokesperson confirmed.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
13 Mar. 2025
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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,
EW.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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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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Seminole County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Bob Kealing said to the agency’s knowledge, this is the first arrest under the camping ban in Seminole County.—
Abe Aboraya,
Orlando Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2025
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The fires burned a structure near the Francis S. Gabreski Airport, where personnel were evacuated as a precautionary measure starting around 1:45 p.m., a spokesman told the Associated Press in a statement.—
Michelle Watson,
CNN,
8 Mar. 2025
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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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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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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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“Speaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speaker. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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