president
noun
, ˈprez-dənt, ˈpre-zə-ˌdent, in rapid speech ˈpre-zᵊnt\
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chair, chairman, chairperson, moderator, presider, prolocutor, speaker
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No, Michael Bloomberg is not running for president—and his daughter, Georgina Bloomberg, seems completely at peace with this decision. — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, "What Michael Bloomberg's Daughters Think of His Decision Not to Run for President," 9 Mar. 2019 Elizabeth Warren, the Democratic senator from Massachusetts running for president, has come out of the gates swinging on tech policy. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "Elizabeth Warren Calls to Break Up Amazon, Facebook, and Google," 8 Mar. 2019 And the president’s critics have a point in expressing concern about the somewhat unhinged nature of his public tone. — Gerard Baker, WSJ, "As Europe Condemns Trump, Asia Takes a More Realistic View," 22 Feb. 2019 The president has to be unfit to fulfill his obligations. — Sean Illing, Vox, "Can the 25th Amendment be invoked to remove Trump from office? I asked one of its authors.," 14 Feb. 2019 When Lemieux brought the idea to Scalamandré president Chad Stark, whose family company, Stark, purchased the brand just over two years ago, he was immediately intrigued. — Emma Bazilian, House Beautiful, "Get Ready to Obsess Over The Inside's Just-Announced Scalamandré Collaboration," 14 Feb. 2019 The president would have the power to appoint top judges and bypass judiciary oversight in vetting draft legislation before it is voted into law. — Samy Magdy, The Seattle Times, "Egypt accelerates efforts to extend el-Sissi’s rule," 11 Feb. 2019 Over the past few weeks, Democrats started to form presidential exploratory committees en masse, and rumors circulated that former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg had plans to run for president. — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, "Michael Bloomberg Confirms He Will Not Run for President as an Independent," 28 Jan. 2019 The president has no idea what any of us on furlough feel or think or know or agree with or disagree with. — Celeste Katz, Glamour, "These Women Are Still Waiting for Their Paycheck Because of the Government Shutdown," 11 Jan. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'president.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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