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as in chairpersons
a person in charge of a meeting
all questions and comments should be directed to the chair
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as in helms
the place of leadership or command
the chair of the English department at the university
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Recent Examples of chairs
World is operated by Tools for Humanity, a company OpenAI CEO Sam Altman founded and currently chairs.
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Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
With more rooms for chairs and couches, lingering will be encouraged.
—Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Conversation Set The conversation set includes three chairs, a glass coffee table, and a stool for kicking your feet up and enjoying the sunshine.
—Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
Understandably, their dance card is filling up as Abdy and De Luca are confirmed to serve as co-chairs of the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s 24th annual Night Before event, which will also feature a special DJ set by Diplo.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 28 Jan. 2026
The kite, surf, skate, and paddle shop provides a range of rentals—including beach cruisers, chairs, and umbrellas—and carries apparel brands like Roxy, Huk, and O’Neill.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 28 Jan. 2026
The men claimed a pair of metal folding chairs set beside the campfire; Adi found a seat on a big knob of driftwood.
—Jonathan Miles, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Surrounded by white roses in a pristine vaulted room under a cascade of white flowers, and in front of a black-and-white photo of the couturier smiling broadly, his casket was placed at the center of a room at PM23, two rows of white chairs on each side.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 21 Jan. 2026
For example, women were named chairs of Appropriations, Education, Environmental Quality, Governmental Organization and Health.
—George Skelton, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
With more rooms for chairs and couches, lingering will be encouraged.
—Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Conversation Set The conversation set includes three chairs, a glass coffee table, and a stool for kicking your feet up and enjoying the sunshine.
—Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
Understandably, their dance card is filling up as Abdy and De Luca are confirmed to serve as co-chairs of the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s 24th annual Night Before event, which will also feature a special DJ set by Diplo.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 28 Jan. 2026
The kite, surf, skate, and paddle shop provides a range of rentals—including beach cruisers, chairs, and umbrellas—and carries apparel brands like Roxy, Huk, and O’Neill.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 28 Jan. 2026
The men claimed a pair of metal folding chairs set beside the campfire; Adi found a seat on a big knob of driftwood.
—Jonathan Miles, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Surrounded by white roses in a pristine vaulted room under a cascade of white flowers, and in front of a black-and-white photo of the couturier smiling broadly, his casket was placed at the center of a room at PM23, two rows of white chairs on each side.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 21 Jan. 2026
For example, women were named chairs of Appropriations, Education, Environmental Quality, Governmental Organization and Health.
—George Skelton, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chairs
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With seven Republican members of the Oklahoma Legislature campaigning for statewide office, GOP leaders have kept those lawmakers in their leadership positions or as committee chairpersons, a reversal of policies instituted by previous House speakers or Senate pro tempores.—
Paul Monies,
Oklahoma Watch,
21 Jan. 2026
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Menin, an Upper East Side Democrat who’s seen as a centrist counterweight to Mayor Mamdani’s administration, is expected to make the appointments at a Council meeting Thursday where picks for all of the body’s other committee chairpersons will also be announced, the sources said.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
15 Jan. 2026
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Working with various British helms over the years — Sir Ben Ainslie, Giles Scott and more recently Fletcher — part of Great Britain’s strength last year was the duo’s ever-solid partnership.—
Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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For 35 years, the nonprofit that Ridgeway, the former Eagle mayor, now helms operated a senior center in the small city building on Old State Street.—
Rose Evans
Updated December 10,
Idaho Statesman,
10 Dec. 2025
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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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Football heads on social media couldn’t help but notice the name, Karene Reid, on the Denver roster ahead of Sunday’s AFC title game between the Patriots and Broncos.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
25 Jan. 2026
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But so was the team's coach and that's why the decision revealed on Thursday had parents scratching their heads.—
John Ramos,
CBS News,
25 Jan. 2026
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Stefanik called on the presidents to resign.—
Conor Friedersdorf,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2026
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Two former Democratic presidents yesterday condemned the scenes in Minnesota following the killing of Alex Pretti this weekend.—
Karen Cortes,
NBC news,
26 Jan. 2026
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When that failed, Riley handed the reins of his defense — and a massive paycheck — to the crosstown rival’s rising star … who then left two years later.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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Those reins would include more de-escalation training for ICE and Customs and Border Patrol agents and oversight of detention facilities.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
22 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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“Chairs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chairs. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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