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
Officially, ninth-inning responsibilities for this team might still be in the hands of a committee, but Perkins has established himself as its chairperson.
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Andy Behrens, New York Times, 4 May 2026
His message was reportedly passed on to George Osborne, who had recently been appointed as the museum’s chairperson.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
During the event, held at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Ambani, the founder and chairperson of Reliance Foundation, announced the launch of TIME100 Next India, a new edition of its TIME100 Next franchise.
—Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
There are six vacancies, including the chairperson.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2026
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Andy Behrens, New York Times, 4 May 2026
His message was reportedly passed on to George Osborne, who had recently been appointed as the museum’s chairperson.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
During the event, held at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Ambani, the founder and chairperson of Reliance Foundation, announced the launch of TIME100 Next India, a new edition of its TIME100 Next franchise.
—Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
There are six vacancies, including the chairperson.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chairperson
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Town Council President Toni Biancardi, at the meeting’s close, encouraged anyone interested in the job to contact her or Don Craft, the Porter County Democratic Party chairman.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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Almost no one thinks new Fed chairman Warsh can implement a cut as his first move.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
14 May 2026
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The strong exports helped to mitigate the weaknesses in domestic demand, but not enough to fully offset it, said Zhiwei Zhang, president and chief economist at Pinpoint Asset Management.—
Anniek Bao,Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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Backlash to the president’s aggressive second term agenda has energized Democrats and helped fuel the party's victories nationwide in off-year and special elections throughout 2025 and 2026.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
17 May 2026
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In a debate for the Democratic nomination for the Senate in Iowa this month, one of the moderators, Erin Murphy, asked the candidates, Josh Turek and Zach Wahls, both state legislators, a reasonable, if downbeat, question.—
Amy Davidson Sorkin,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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Near the end of the debate, co-moderator and San Francisco Examiner editor-in-chief Schuyler Hudak Prionas groaned as candidates talked over each other while trying to answer a question that was supposed to elicit a yes or no response.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026
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“Chairperson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chairperson. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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