1
as in bodies
the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts
the chief of the estate was left to the eldest son
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2
as in leaders
the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do
our chief is out on a business trip right now
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Recent Examples of chiefs
For finance chiefs, the dashboard itself changes.
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Sandy Carter,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
His proposal had underscored the shaky autonomy of the civilian group, which has clashed with the police officers union, city leaders and former chiefs — not to mention internal strife between commissioners — in the decade since voters overwhelmingly approved its formation.
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Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
State governors are considered the top security chiefs of their states but do not have operational command.
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ABC News,
24 June 2026
Years later, after a stint at Palantir, Noone climbed into a Honda Accord with Rudolph and started cold-calling police chiefs to build a public safety platform for law enforcement.
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Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
22 June 2026
Cue also praised Apple’s studio chiefs, Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg.
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Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
22 June 2026
Many of the speakers included longtime volunteer firefighters and former Norwich volunteer chiefs.
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Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
16 June 2026
Homeowners should also make sure they’re signed up for evacuation alerts from their local fire department, the chiefs added, and should not hesitate to evacuate at the sight or smell of smoke — regardless of whether an official evacuation has been ordered.
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Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2026
Pay for deputy chiefs in the department range from $198,000 to $210,000 annually, according to data from the records request.
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Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 June 2026
Sandy Carter,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
His proposal had underscored the shaky autonomy of the civilian group, which has clashed with the police officers union, city leaders and former chiefs — not to mention internal strife between commissioners — in the decade since voters overwhelmingly approved its formation.
—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
State governors are considered the top security chiefs of their states but do not have operational command.
—
ABC News,
24 June 2026
Years later, after a stint at Palantir, Noone climbed into a Honda Accord with Rudolph and started cold-calling police chiefs to build a public safety platform for law enforcement.
—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
22 June 2026
Cue also praised Apple’s studio chiefs, Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg.
—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
22 June 2026
Many of the speakers included longtime volunteer firefighters and former Norwich volunteer chiefs.
—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
16 June 2026
Homeowners should also make sure they’re signed up for evacuation alerts from their local fire department, the chiefs added, and should not hesitate to evacuate at the sight or smell of smoke — regardless of whether an official evacuation has been ordered.
—
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2026
Pay for deputy chiefs in the department range from $198,000 to $210,000 annually, according to data from the records request.
—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chiefs
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Hours later, as the bodies of the children were being handed over to their families, scenes of anguish unfolded outside hospitals and in the neighborhood on the outskirts of Lahore where the private tutoring center was located in a house.
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Further, will sport governing bodies award national competitions to states like California, who do not protect females?
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In response to what state leaders describe as threats from the federal government, the Minnesota Department of Human Services began the major task of revalidating 5,472 providers across various service programs deemed at high risk for fraud.
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This disconnect stems from a lack of psychological safety, where leaders fear speaking up or challenging ideas.
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Full-body workouts can be completed at home by using your weights on both your ankles and your wrists to perform lower- and upper-body exercises.
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Second, the sample was weighted using energy balancing, which finds weights by minimizing the energy distance — a statistical measure of the difference between two multivariate distributions — between the survey and the target population.
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His job was to cut and paste responses from scripts his scam bosses generated.
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Some bosses are demanding, disorganized or poor communicators but still want their teams to succeed.
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Narrow tree cores – the diameter of a pencil – have been pulled from some of the planet’s oldest trees.
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But Becerra remained the clear Democratic favorite in South County, in the urban cores of Escondido and San Marcos, as well as most of Vista and Oceanside.
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Customers were very important; workers, foremen.
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For years after that, TCU alums who had served as Ranch Week foremen or queen would proudly include it on resumes, in professional biographies or when running for office.
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The body serum category has exploded as shoppers extend the actives, textures and ingredient logic of their facial routines below the neck, and the picks now span luxury formulas, drugstore staples and even Dollar Tree finds.
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When weeknights get hectic, having a few reliable freezer staples on hand can make all the difference.
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The early copy remained tucked away in Britain’s National Archives until a volunteer cataloging records from the American Revolutionary War came across it in May among the papers of Royal Navy captains.
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Previously the top two fan vote-getters would serve as captains and select the squads.
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“Chiefs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chiefs. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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