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
There have been experiments with AI moderators within various smaller and decentralized platforms, such as Discord and Reddit, where community moderators can use this type of software.
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John Wihbey, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
Content moderators in Kenya, who worked for Meta contractors, are in a compensation battle with the company for harm allegedly incurred from their work.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Scarlett Johansson has a conversation with 92NY Reel Pieces moderator Annette Insdorf in New York City.
—Lex Goldstein, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
In face-to-face meetings, moderators could get a sense when people were bored, when the meeting should speed up or when the discussion should slow down.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
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John Wihbey, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
Content moderators in Kenya, who worked for Meta contractors, are in a compensation battle with the company for harm allegedly incurred from their work.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Scarlett Johansson has a conversation with 92NY Reel Pieces moderator Annette Insdorf in New York City.
—Lex Goldstein, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
In face-to-face meetings, moderators could get a sense when people were bored, when the meeting should speed up or when the discussion should slow down.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moderator
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Sholl is also chairperson of MadaLuxe Group, which distributes premium brands to retailers.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
9 Oct. 2025
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That's what Jim Spolarich, the zoning board chairperson, warned ahead of the vote.—
Kelly Meyerhofer,
jsonline.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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Kevin sneaks his way into a room at the Plaza Hotel and gets up to his usual shenanigans in the building, which was owned in real life by Donald at the time, with Ivana serving as the property's president.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Oct. 2025
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The White House rejects the suggestion that any of the president's social media posts have been racist.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Oct. 2025
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At a meeting of the National Association for Business Economics in Philadelphia yesterday afternoon, the Fed chairman said that in the absence of government data, Federal Reserve bank and private data is being used to monitor the economy.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
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Lonnie Ali, co-founder of the center and wife of the late Muhammad Ali, will be appointed chairman and serve as interim president and CEO.—
Leo Bertucci,
Louisville Courier Journal,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Moderator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moderator. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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