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as in chairperson
a person in charge of a meeting
all questions and comments should be directed to the chair
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as in helm
the place of leadership or command
the chair of the English department at the university
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Landor carried a copy of a court ruling that dreadlocks grown for religious reasons should be accommodated, but an intake guard threw it in the trash and Landor was handcuffed to a chair while his knee-length locks were shaved off.
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Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2024
Sarah Elmaleh, chair of the negotiating committee for the union’s Interactive Media Agreement, emphasized that the Lightspeed L.A. deal signals some publishers are willing to work with the union’s terms on the table.
—Andrés Buenahora, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
Fowlie co-founded the Points North Institute, which produces the fall festival, with CIFF program director Sean Flynn and fest board chair Caroline von Kuhn.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 19 Aug. 2024
Some people settle into folding chairs and turn their heads to the sky as little black blobs shoot out of a storm drain, one by one at first, then in droves.
—Jack Armstrong, The Arizona Republic, 17 Aug. 2024
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Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2024
Sarah Elmaleh, chair of the negotiating committee for the union’s Interactive Media Agreement, emphasized that the Lightspeed L.A. deal signals some publishers are willing to work with the union’s terms on the table.
—Andrés Buenahora, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
Fowlie co-founded the Points North Institute, which produces the fall festival, with CIFF program director Sean Flynn and fest board chair Caroline von Kuhn.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 19 Aug. 2024
Some people settle into folding chairs and turn their heads to the sky as little black blobs shoot out of a storm drain, one by one at first, then in droves.
—Jack Armstrong, The Arizona Republic, 17 Aug. 2024
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“Chair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chair. Accessed 14 Sep. 2024.
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