as in chief
highest in rank or authority
the supereminent authority in the field of Shakespearean scholarship
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Richard Painter, a law professor at the University of Minnesota who was the chief ethics lawyer in the administration of President George W. Bush, told CNN in a phone interview that Musk must recuse himself from anything to do with the CFPB or risk violating criminal conflict of interest law.—
Matt Egan,
CNN,
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John McConnell McConnell, the chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, was nominated by Obama in 2011.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Before becoming one of America’s foremost historians, a Pulitzer Prize winner and writer of seminal books on Abraham Lincoln (a basis for the Steven Spielberg film Lincoln), Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Teddy Roosevelt and Johnson, Kearns Goodwin became a White House Fellow under LBJ.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2025
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At his death in 1996, he was considered one of the country’s foremost historians of the Black experience in America.—
Jeffrey Boutwell,
Baltimore Sun,
12 Feb. 2025
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Netanyahu has offered Hamas a chance to surrender and send top leaders into exile.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
arkansasonline.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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What most conversations about New York Fashion Week miss, is that with some top names not on the schedule, the city, and the official CFDA calendar, have become a playground for independent and emerging designers.—
Laird Borrelli-Persson,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2025
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In a bit of good-natured trash talking, the Kansas City Star and the Inquirer decided to see which team has the supreme sense of style.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
6 Feb. 2025
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This approach reflects a flawed strategy of attempting to engage Ali Khamenei [the supreme leader of Iran] diplomatically while ignoring Iran’s oil smuggling.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
Fox News,
5 Feb. 2025
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Halftime report The Kings only trailed by eight following a 3-pointer by Fox with 7:58 to play in the second quarter, but the Thunder staged a 21-6 run to take a commanding lead.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacramento Bee,
2 Feb. 2025
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Boston outscored Chicago 41-28, led by as many as 19 points and took a commanding 68-51 lead into halftime.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
30 Jan. 2025
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Maryland trailed 22-15 after the first quarter then trimmed that deficit to just two entering halftime, erasing its slow start by closing the half on a 7-0 run and making its eventual comeback more manageable.—
Taylor Lyons,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Feb. 2025
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With consumer spending making up about two-thirds of all economic activity in the U.S., the sales numbers indicate a potential weakening in growth for the first quarter.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
17 Feb. 2025
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Both were replaced by Robin Washington, lead director who handled the challenge of several activist firms over the company’s management.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
7 Feb. 2025
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Being the lead action hero in a major movie – like his early idols Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung – is a role 40 years in the making.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
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Drowning poses another risk Drowning is another leading cause of death for migrants trying to reach the U.S. In California, for example, the 82-mile-long All-American Canal runs parallel to the U.S.-Mexico border.—
Marni LaFleur,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2025
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In his first leading role, the Academy Award winner plays Marvin, a cheerful realtor in the Milwaukee suburbs with a dark criminal past that his kindhearted, cowboy hat-wearing boss, Cliff (played by Astin), has no idea about.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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