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Recent Examples of chairmanship
Under Do’s board chairmanship, CalOptima CEO Michael Hunn’s pay was increased by about 50% in 2022 to $841,500 a year.
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Claire Wang, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
Dingell lost the vote and the chairmanship.
—Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Other new contenders for the chairmanship include Securities and Exchange Commission official Mike Selig and Treasury Department official Tyler Williams.
—Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Trump has raged against Powell for most of his chairmanship, and is eager to replace him with a candidate more aligned with his views on the economy.
—Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 3 Sep. 2025
His chairmanship has probably come during the most tumultuous time in ESPN's history.
—Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Perez retaliated by stripping Caruso of his committee chairmanship and booting him out of his corner office into another space.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2025
The Fed chair must be a member of the Fed Board of Governors, and even though Powell’s chairmanship ends next year, his term as governor doesn’t end until 2028.
—Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
And perhaps a side hustle or two—like the chairmanship of Alphabet.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Feb. 2018
Claire Wang, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
Dingell lost the vote and the chairmanship.
—Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Other new contenders for the chairmanship include Securities and Exchange Commission official Mike Selig and Treasury Department official Tyler Williams.
—Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Trump has raged against Powell for most of his chairmanship, and is eager to replace him with a candidate more aligned with his views on the economy.
—Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 3 Sep. 2025
His chairmanship has probably come during the most tumultuous time in ESPN's history.
—Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Perez retaliated by stripping Caruso of his committee chairmanship and booting him out of his corner office into another space.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2025
The Fed chair must be a member of the Fed Board of Governors, and even though Powell’s chairmanship ends next year, his term as governor doesn’t end until 2028.
—Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
And perhaps a side hustle or two—like the chairmanship of Alphabet.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chairmanship
Noun
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The Supreme Court granted the president broad immunity for official acts committed during his presidency.—
NPR,
NPR,
11 Nov. 2025
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At the time, some human rights experts voiced concerns that his presidency risked backsliding on the democratic gains made since Suharto’s authoritarian regime.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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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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In Virginia, Abigail Spanberger secured the governorship with a decisive lead over Republican Winsome Earle-Sears, while Mikie Sherrill prevailed in New Jersey following a campaign centered on affordability and public safety.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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In New Jersey, Mikie Sherrill won the governorship championing, among other issues, legislation that would require data centers to help fund grid modernization and renewable energy investments.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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The 12 main galleries trace Egypt's history from prehistory through the Greco-Roman era, exploring themes of society, kingship and belief.—
Ayat Al-Tawy,
ABC News,
2 Nov. 2025
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While waving away the responsibilities of kingship, Shrek can’t escape the responsibilities of fatherhood, as Fiona’s pregnant.—
Skyler Trepel September 1,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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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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Venezuelans got accustomed to dismissing it all as noise, just a pretext the dictatorship employed to stamp out civil rights.—
Quico Toro,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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Communism is most readily associated with the one-party dictatorships of the Soviet Union and present-day China.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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More plans about the future of her premiership are expected to be unveiled in a major policy speech later this week, according to AP.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
21 Oct. 2025
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Her premiership could thus end up being short-lived — much like that of her predecessor, Shigeru Ishiba, who was in office for a year.—
Arata Yamamoto,
NBC news,
21 Oct. 2025
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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 11 Nov. 2025.
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