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Recent Examples of chairmanship
How the Fed continues to shape monetary policy around those risks will be watched closely by investors, especially with Kevin Warsh named as Fed chair nominee to replace Jerome Powell when his chairmanship ends in May.
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Sarah Min, CNBC, 30 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
The increase likely reflected a sense that Warsh’s chances had improved, and as a result the Fed would be less likely over time to cut rates than under a Hassett chairmanship.
—Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 16 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 board voted unanimously on his chairmanship.
—Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 8 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
Dingell lost the vote and the chairmanship.
—Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Sarah Min, CNBC, 30 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
The increase likely reflected a sense that Warsh’s chances had improved, and as a result the Fed would be less likely over time to cut rates than under a Hassett chairmanship.
—Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 16 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 board voted unanimously on his chairmanship.
—Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 8 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
Dingell lost the vote and the chairmanship.
—Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chairmanship
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Following season 2's dramatic ending, which unveiled part of a plot to steal the presidency, Basso agrees to be Catherine's mole.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
31 Jan. 2026
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The offer was made in a call between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian, the Turkish presidency said.—
Billy Stockwell,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 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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Some speculate that it is intended to force Powell to resign his governorship, which would otherwise continue till 2028.—
Raghuram Rajan,
Time,
23 Jan. 2026
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As senate president at the time, Codey was next in line to the governorship because the state had not yet established the position of lieutenant governor.—
Christine Sloan,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 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
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Gold First, gold, typically given to kings, not only recognized Jesus' kingship, but also highlighted his incorruptible purity.—
Nadia Cantú,
AZCentral.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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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
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If all goes to hell and America devolves into a rank dictatorship, beware the bootlicker.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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Edner migrated from Haiti in the late 1960s to escape the Duvalier dictatorship and build a better life for his four daughters and three sons.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 2026
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The Coordination Framework, a coalition of Shiite parties with close ties to Iran and which acts as the kingmaker for the premiership, reportedly could not choose between the two candidates and left it to them to decide.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
28 Jan. 2026
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Abe, whose premiership is seen as Japan’s last period of political stability, held office from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
21 Jan. 2026
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Filmmaking is blind instinct, petty calculations, smooth generalship, daydreaming, pig-headedness, grace, bluff, risk.—
Susan Sontag,
Vogue,
26 Oct. 2025
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While his questionable generalship would be memorialized in a long poem by Alfred Tennyson, his other legacy is giving the world the sweater named after his title.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Chairmanship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chairmanship. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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