as in chairperson
a person in charge of a meeting
the chairman called the meeting to order
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Recent Examples of chairman
Later, he was joined on the show by Robert De Niro, who played the chairman of the FCC and behaved like a mob boss.
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Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
Pushback by viewers in Sinclair and Nexstar’s ABC markets, and the perception that the companies are kowtowing to the FCC chairman’s anti-liberal ideology, could be a factor to lead the companies to relent.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
That suspension came just hours after Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, suggested that the comedian’s comments in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s killing could warrant intervention from his agency.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2025
The suspension followed threats by Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, on a right-wing podcast about comments Kimmel made in a monologue about the suspect in the slaying of Charlie Kirk.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
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Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
Pushback by viewers in Sinclair and Nexstar’s ABC markets, and the perception that the companies are kowtowing to the FCC chairman’s anti-liberal ideology, could be a factor to lead the companies to relent.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
That suspension came just hours after Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, suggested that the comedian’s comments in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s killing could warrant intervention from his agency.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2025
The suspension followed threats by Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, on a right-wing podcast about comments Kimmel made in a monologue about the suspect in the slaying of Charlie Kirk.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chairman
Noun
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Motel Cactus producer Cha Seung-jae would then give Bong full control for his breakthrough cult hit Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000), while Park would later become hugely influential as chairperson of the Korean Film Council (KOFIC).—
Mathew Scott,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Sep. 2025
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Wei Yujing, the cofounder and chairperson of Chicjoc, provides further elaboration.—
Footwear News,
Footwear News,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Both presidents agree the timing is ideal to build franchises in a booming women’s soccer market, but ultimately, success comes down to winning, on the pitch and in the business.—
Asli Pelit,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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The president also groaned about a bad teleprompter.—
Jon Haworth,
ABC News,
24 Sep. 2025
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The forum moderator then interjected and turned to Mike Hilborn, who said his commercial landlord recently raised the rent for his power washing and snow plowing company from $17,000 per month to $22,000 per month after showing him how property taxes had gone up for the building.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
18 Sep. 2025
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Gomez was a guest at Axios‘ Media Trends summit in New York, with moderator Sara Fischer asking her for her thoughts on the decision by Disney to suspend Kimmel’s show.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Chairman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chairman. Accessed 28 Sep. 2025.
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