chieftainships

noun

plural of chieftainship
as in directorships

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  1. chairs
  2. reins
  3. helms
Noun
  • French actress Alexandra Lamy and Brühl were among those dancing on their chairs.
    — Lise Pedersen, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The hurricane sent chairs flying and destroyed the restaurant’s canopy.
    — Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of chairs
Noun
  • Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, Elon and all the major players that are kind of governing and holding the reins of this new technology, or occasionally losing the reins of this new technology.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Motorola invented the mobile phone, but by the time Brown was handed the reins, its cellphone business had been outpaced by Nokia and Samsung.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of reins
Noun
  • DeMicco helms Margie Claus from a script by Ben Falcone and Damon Jones.
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The young chef helms Maximo, a modern Mexican restaurant focused on heirloom corn and masa in the West University Place area of Houston.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
Definition of helms
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