chairman

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 Glasgow reports directly to David Ellison, chairman and CEO of Paramount Skydance, the company formed by Skydance Media’s acquisition of Paramount Global (which closed last month). Todd Spangler, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025 Schumacher has served as the chairman of the board of the Broadway League. Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025 Steven Udvar-Hazy, chairman of Air Lease Corp., poses for a photograph after speaking at an Aviation Club lunch in London on Sept. 13, 2018. Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025 Yat Siu, executive chairman and founder of Web3 video gaming company Animoca Brands, described Hong Kong’s stablecoin regime as the most advanced in Asia. John Liu, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chairman
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Noun
  • An act of legislation created it, the Fed chairperson and other members of the board have to show up for congressional hearings, which turn into partisan grillings.
    Vipin Bharathan, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Cash aid from table banking Justine Obura, the chairperson of the No Sex For Fish Group, says the group members are trying to support each other.
    Viola Kosome, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Taiwanese policy experts fear that this lack of access to the president will make renegotiating the tariffs impossible.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
  • No president has sought to fire a Fed governor before.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That means the onus will be on the Face the Nation moderator to call out, in real time, false claims or unproven allegations.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
  • James Austin Johnson of Saturday Night Live will serve as the night’s MC and moderator.
    Michele Amabile Angermiller, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Chairman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chairman. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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