the chair

noun

US, informal

: electric chair

a murderer who was sentenced/sent to the chair

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The doctors said there was almost no chance insurance would cover the chair. —Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2023

The Stone of Destiny, an artifact seized from Scotland by King Edward I, will lie under the chair. —Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Apr. 2023

If your squat is weak, stand with a chair behind you and squat down until your butt hits the chair, then stand up. —Ben Court, Men's Health, 24 Mar. 2023

When the discussion strays off topic, the chair or any director should politely object and request a return to the motion at hand. —Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2023

Hardie has also served as the chair of the Royal Television Society. —Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 Mar. 2023

Perhaps no treasury secretary has come to the office with Yellen’s ample resume, including service as the chair of the Federal Reserve and a lifetime of studying economics and finance. —Fatima Hussein, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2023

Woodrow astonished everyone by greeting Fall with a firm handshake and waving him casually to the chair that was staged for him. —Rebecca Boggs Roberts, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2023

That draws the paint to the chair like a magnet. —Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2023

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