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as in chairperson
a person in charge of a meeting
the speaker announced that it was time for the club to move on to another matter
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as in spokesperson
a person who speaks for another or for a group
unofficially chose a speaker to broach the subject with the supervisor of the department
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as in lecturer
a person who makes usually formal public speeches
the after-dinner speaker was a career diplomat who regaled us with humorous anecdotes from his travels abroad
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Recent Examples of speaker
Paid Program Mamie Jones is a consultant, speaker, author, and former SVP executive.
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Mamie Jones, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Apple’s AirPlay feature enables iPhones and Macbooks to seamlessly play music or show photos and videos on other Apple devices or third-party speakers and TVs that integrate the protocol.
—Lily Hay Newman, Wired News, 29 Apr. 2025
And no conviction in recent memory was bigger than the epic February takedown of Chicago Democratic powerhouse and former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, the longest-serving speaker in American history.
—Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2025
Music pulsed from the speakers and players sat smiling in the black leather chairs in front of their lockers.
—Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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Mamie Jones, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Apple’s AirPlay feature enables iPhones and Macbooks to seamlessly play music or show photos and videos on other Apple devices or third-party speakers and TVs that integrate the protocol.
—Lily Hay Newman, Wired News, 29 Apr. 2025
And no conviction in recent memory was bigger than the epic February takedown of Chicago Democratic powerhouse and former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, the longest-serving speaker in American history.
—Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2025
Music pulsed from the speakers and players sat smiling in the black leather chairs in front of their lockers.
—Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speaker
Noun
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Amy Lawyer, the chairperson of equine administration at the University of Louisville's business school, said some will try to wear the biggest hat possible, but lots of guests prefer something more functional.—
Ayana Archie,
NPR,
2 May 2025
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Chris Waugh, Local 222’s chairperson and a 23-year worker at the plant, said Oshawa autoworkers were keeping the focus on their daily work in the face of possible job losses.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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Zach Seidl, a spokesperson for Bass, said that overtime deployment is at the fire chief’s discretion and that the LAFD received $13.6 million this fiscal year to train three new classes of recruits.—
Alene Tchekmedyian,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Another reason people put off going to bed is to avoid feeling anxious or restless, said James Rowley, MD, a sleep medicine expert at Rush University Medical Center and spokesperson for the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.—
Maggie O'Neill,
Verywell Health,
30 Apr. 2025
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For panel moderator China Widener, the company’s vice chair for technology, media and telecom, the opportunity to be in the same room with industry leaders is crucial.—
Matt Minton,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2025
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These changes would have severely curtailed the ability of the moderator and the audience to question the foreign minister.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
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An Army spokesman on Thursday confirmed that two inmates tried to escape late last month.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
9 May 2025
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Police were called to the scene around 4:50 p.m. by officials from Brooklyn College in response to a demonstration, an NYPD spokesman said.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
8 May 2025
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The president’s plans as expressed on his Truth Social platform last night, which target only film not television, have bubbled up with media set for a big set of quarterly earnings, and potential CEO commentary, this week including Disney up Wednesday and WBD and Paramount on Thursday.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
5 May 2025
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The two had met when Lasker arrived at Lincoln Park Zoo to photograph its president, Marlin Perkins.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2025
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International trade, trade barriers and tariffs were part of the first question posed to the Berkshire Hathaway chairman and CEO, 94, during a Saturday morning question-and-answer session.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
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Charlotte Tilbury is a makeup artist and the president, chairman, CCO, and founder of Charlotte Tilbury.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
2 May 2025
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“Speaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speaker. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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