CHAIRMANSHIP Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

chairmanship

noun

Definition of chairmanship

as in presidency

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Recent Examples of chairmanship As China takes over chairmanship of BRICS for the coming year, the focus will undoubtedly shift toward implementing these smart manufacturing initiatives and institutionalizing the special economic zones. — Mayu Saini, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026 McCollum, a member of a predominantly Republican Orlando law firm, began his campaign a year ago with little more credentials than his chairmanship of the Seminole County Republican Executive Committee. — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026 Martin also has the support of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), who stood behind Martin’s chairmanship while stumping in Pennsylvania over the weekend. — Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 27 July 2026 The flare-up complicates a week Manila had hoped would showcase its ASEAN chairmanship. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 21 July 2026 Those include Judiciary, Appropriations, Environment and Public Works, and his Budget Committee chairmanship. — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 14 July 2026 Quinn also made the decision to go play piano in New York at the end of last season after a steamy back and forth with Staten, whose father (Brett Cullen) challenged him for chairmanship of the Double K Ranch. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 25 June 2026 That is the inheritance now facing Warsh, who has openly cast Greenspan as a model for his own chairmanship. — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 23 June 2026 Murley, a member of the Lake Forest College board since 2019, assumed the chairmanship on June 1. — Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026

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Noun

Obama delivered seven Phoenix keynote addresses during his presidency.

— Jay Stahl, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2026
Venezuela’s removal from that group marks a change in Washington’s assessment following Maduro’s capture and Rodríguez’s rise to the interim presidency.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of presidency

Noun

If elected, Hinojosa would be the first Texas Democrat to win the governorship since 1990 and the state's first-ever Latina governor.

— Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
Back then, the main way women got into high political office was to marry a man who had a Senate seat or governorship.

— Gloria Steinem, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of governorship

Noun

York is told that Somerset is imprisoned in the Tower of London, but when this is disproved by Somerset’s entrance, York announces his claim to the kingship.

— Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
In the ancient kingship tradition, endangering the empire would cause a king to lose his farr.

— Azadeh Moaveni, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026

Definition of kingship

Noun

Carvalho’s later Form 700s — for the entire period of his superintendency — are nearly blank.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026
The fallout In the aftermath of the UFT’s formal notice, a letter campaign was launched that asked Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels not to appoint Lynch-Reyes to the permanent superintendency.

— Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2026

Definition of superintendency

Noun

Suggs is listed as the team’s point guard, but because of his tendency for turnovers and general lack of floor generalship, the coaches have deployed him more as a 3-and-D player.

— Josh Robbins, New York Times, 4 May 2026
There’s talk that this could be EMRO’s turn to hold the director-generalship.

— Helen Branswell, STAT, 14 Apr. 2026

Definition of generalship

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