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chairman

noun

ˈcher-mən

Definition of chairman

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a person in charge of a meeting the chairman called the meeting to order

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Recent Examples of chairman The suggestion that the president is in-the-know about what the chairman would like to do with rates is unlikely to be helpful. — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 July 2026 Exciting and futile The Humans to Titan Summit was both exciting and futile, said Pascal Lee, chairman of the Mars Institute and a planetary scientist at the SETI Institute. — Leonard David, Space.com, 3 July 2026 McHenry long sought and won the position of House Financial Services Committee chairman. — Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 3 July 2026 Asimwe Kabunga, chairman of both mining companies, said energy reliability has become increasingly important for remote developments. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for chairman

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Iqbal Ismail, chairperson of the eThekwini Clothing and Leather Association, said that clothing factories in the garment manufacturing hub of Newcastle are already shutting down operations.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 10 July 2026
Emirati curator and Sharjah royal family member Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi has been announced as the new chairperson of the Sharjah Museums Authority which oversees a network of cultural institutions across the emirate of Sharjah in the UAE.

— News Desk, Artforum, 9 July 2026

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Hiring Epstein as president of baseball operations after the 2011 season led to sweeping changes.

— Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 19 July 2026
Sanders noted that the president’s proclamation, which imposed a partial travel ban on holders of Antigua and Barbuda passports, contained several factual errors.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026

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Unsurprisingly, a moderator for these town halls, American Economic Liberties Project senior advisor Alvaro Bedoya, cheered on the legal challenges.

— Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 13 July 2026
In the meantime, the former View moderator is appearing in her one-woman show, Common Knowledge, on Broadway.

— Rance Collins, Entertainment Weekly, 12 July 2026

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