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Recent Examples of chairmanship
And like any City Council committee chairmanship, the position comes with a budget to hire staff.
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Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
To secure his committee vice-chairmanship, My opponent has sided too often with senate republicans.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
The Fed's latest meeting minutes set to release in the week ahead will be one of the final ones under Powell's chairmanship, which comes to an end in May.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2026
At the same time, Warsh’s ability to use the chairmanship to command deference on the FOMC can only go so far.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2026
The first ad focuses on how Collins secured money for Maine’s water infrastructure, a nod to her chairmanship of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Julia Mejia arguably received the most favorable committee chairmanship of Worrell’s supporters, with education.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 13 Jan. 2026
The zoo said Benirschke is taking over the chairmanship from Steven Simpson, who will continue to serve on the board.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
Under Do’s board chairmanship, CalOptima CEO Michael Hunn’s pay was increased by about 50% in 2022 to $841,500 a year.
—Claire Wang, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
To secure his committee vice-chairmanship, My opponent has sided too often with senate republicans.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
The Fed's latest meeting minutes set to release in the week ahead will be one of the final ones under Powell's chairmanship, which comes to an end in May.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2026
At the same time, Warsh’s ability to use the chairmanship to command deference on the FOMC can only go so far.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2026
The first ad focuses on how Collins secured money for Maine’s water infrastructure, a nod to her chairmanship of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Julia Mejia arguably received the most favorable committee chairmanship of Worrell’s supporters, with education.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 13 Jan. 2026
The zoo said Benirschke is taking over the chairmanship from Steven Simpson, who will continue to serve on the board.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
Under Do’s board chairmanship, CalOptima CEO Michael Hunn’s pay was increased by about 50% in 2022 to $841,500 a year.
—Claire Wang, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chairmanship
Noun
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Your corrupt presidency of graft, vengeance and ceaseless vacillation between loudly complaining and loudly boasting has become like a jackhammer outside our collective window every day since your inauguration.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
21 Feb. 2026
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Polls suggest the far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) could capture the presidency for the first time.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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An additional $5 million will fund a deanship, $3 million will support a chair in biomedical engineering, and $5 million will establish a research fund for faculty fellowships, emphasizing cross-disciplinary collaboration.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Educating California’s nearly 6 million public school students is the state budget’s second largest expenditure, and one that has increased sharply during Gavin Newsom’s governorship.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Aguilar was charged with driving while impaired in Cabarrus County in 2020, during Cooper’s governorship, but failed to appear in court in 2022, according to court records.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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This brings the note of tragic kingship.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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Trump, by contrast, ordered the capture of a leader already under narcoterrorism indictment and framed it as a drug bust and accountability for crimes, yet his opponents denounce him as aspiring to kingship and dictatorship.—
Paul Vallas,
Twin Cities,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Massey teaches the superintendency course and the principalship course at the University of Minnesota.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
3 Oct. 2025
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As the superintendency reports, continued archaeological investigations will hopefully reveal more about the tomb and the surrounding necropolis, which may illuminate the social history of the ancient Neapolitan community that used it.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 July 2024
Noun
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And perhaps most important, by empowering Congress, not the president, to remedy deficient state electoral schemes, the Constitution prevents presidents from rewriting the election code by executive fiat and thus provides an additional safeguard against military dictatorship.—
Jeffrey Rosen,
The Atlantic,
16 Feb. 2026
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In this country, unlike in dictatorships, people expect to be able to identify law enforcement officers by sight and by badge number.—
William Robiner,
Twin Cities,
15 Feb. 2026
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The Mandelson scandal may be the final straw that finishes Starmer’s premiership.—
Jill Lawless,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Simmering discontent The Mandelson scandal may be the final straw that finishes Starmer’s premiership.—
Jill Lawless,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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UConn lured him out of the transfer portal from Georgia to solidify its court generalship, so vital to the kind of offense Dan Hurley likes to run.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
10 Feb. 2026
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At war, his brilliant generalship and loyal army enabled him to overcome the odds that threatened his victories.—
Paul Vanderbroeck,
Big Think,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Chairmanship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chairmanship. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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