chieftainship

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Noun
  • Wright Pinson took the directorship, and the founding chapter closed.
    Bill Frist, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • The two men met when García was teaching at LaSalle College of the Arts and discovered Robot Playground Media, recognized something in each other’s approach to the medium, and eventually formalized their partnership into a co-directorship.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 June 2026
Noun
  • York is told that Somerset is imprisoned in the Tower of London, but when this is disproved by Somerset’s entrance, York announces his claim to the kingship.
    Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
  • In the ancient kingship tradition, endangering the empire would cause a king to lose his farr.
    Azadeh Moaveni, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • General seating was under a beating sun, and the temperature of chairs was measured at 160 degrees.
    Dennis Romero, NBC news, 5 July 2026
  • Modi last year met Microsoft chair and CEO Satya Nadella, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Intel’s CEO Lip-Bu Tan, with all of them committing to help develop India’s AI ecosystem.
    Kai Nicol-Schwarz,Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 4 July 2026
Noun
  • The Belgian designer, who has previously been at the creative helm of Rochas, Nina Ricci, and Theory, presented a co-ed ready-to-wear collection.
    Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 6 July 2026
  • After her grandfather signed the Giving Pledge in 2010, Lorenz took the helm of the foundation the following year.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 27 June 2026
Noun
  • His use of the presidency’s sweeping ability to unilaterally grant pardons and commute sentences is among the ways the Republican’s return to office has featured an expansive use of executive power.
    Michelle L. Price, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
  • The disaster is becoming the defining challenge of Rodríguez’s interim presidency.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
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“Chieftainship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chieftainship. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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