as in chairmen
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 chairpersons
The proxy statement lists an annual retainer of $125,000 to non-employee directors, with additional compensation for the lead director and chairpersons of committees.
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Dylan Sherman, Arkansas Online, 18 Dec. 2025
The chairpersons for this year’s event include Jamie Drake, Bunny Williams, Alex Hampton, and Andrew Torrey.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2025
Also in March — to a rising din of dire prognostications about De Luca and Abdy’s tenure as co-chairpersons/chief executives — Warner punted the release of One Battle After Another (from the financial doldrums of August into its current date smack in the middle of the awards-season scrum).
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
Dylan Sherman, Arkansas Online, 18 Dec. 2025
The chairpersons for this year’s event include Jamie Drake, Bunny Williams, Alex Hampton, and Andrew Torrey.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2025
Also in March — to a rising din of dire prognostications about De Luca and Abdy’s tenure as co-chairpersons/chief executives — Warner punted the release of One Battle After Another (from the financial doldrums of August into its current date smack in the middle of the awards-season scrum).
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chairpersons
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What is clear now is that there is an expectation from owners, chairmen and sporting directors that the manager or head coach (the title is irrelevant on this point) will be out on the grass every day, rather than leaving training sessions largely to his backroom staff.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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The Republican chairmen of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees released joint statements, along with their respective Democratic ranking members, calling for additional information from the Pentagon in light of the new reporting.—
Mike Brest,
The Washington Examiner,
1 Dec. 2025
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The law requires presidents to notify Congress within 48 hours of deploying forces and to end military action within 60 to 90 days absent authorization — limits that presidents of both parties have routinely stretched.—
Joey Cappelletti,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
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Four living ex-presidents attended his funeral.—
Jamelle Bouie,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Its safety initiatives, which about 15% of its staff work on, include using machine learning to identify and remove offending content and equipping community moderators to uphold its policies, its website shows.—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
7 Jan. 2026
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Tesla, which first launched a driverless robotaxi service in Austin in June, recently removed the safety moderators sitting in front passenger seats of the driverless vehicles and doubled its fleet operating in the city.—
From staff,
Austin American Statesman,
2 Jan. 2026
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“Chairpersons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chairpersons. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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