Thesaurus results for CHAIRPERSON

chairperson

noun

ˈcher-ˌpər-sᵊn

Definition of chairperson

as in chairman

a person in charge of a meeting the chairperson will determine the order in which people will speak

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Recent Examples of chairperson Chadema deputy chairperson John Heche said the officials were arrested over planned protests this month that failed to materialize because of a heavy police presence. — ABC News, 25 July 2026 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 Bristol Board of Education chairperson Shelby Pons said that allegations of complaints made in the letter against Hawk have not yet been investigated. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for chairperson

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After serving as president of SAG’s Georgia Branch and as chairman of the Georgia Film Commission, Jones won the race for Georgia’s Fourth Congressional District in 1988.

— Tom Tapp, Deadline, 9 Aug. 2026
James Chen is the founder of the Clearly campaign and chairman of The Chen Yet-Sen Family Foundation.

— James Chen, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2026

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Six people were wounded by strikes early Sunday, according to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
Two people were killed by Russian strikes in Zelenskyy's home city of Kryvyi Rih, the president wrote, as was one person in the northeastern city of Sumy.

— David Brennan, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026

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Spotify will allow artists to proactively disclose a profile is an AI Persona, but for those who don’t, the platform’s human moderators will do it themselves after a review using their own AI tools.

— Corbin Bolies, Variety, 11 Aug. 2026
However, a moderator error caused a delay in the stream being removed, a spokesperson confirmed.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2026

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