as in chairperson
a person in charge of a meeting
the moderator should make sure that everyone gets a chance to speak
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Recent Examples of moderator
Attendees, speakers and moderators are now gathering for the networking reception.
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Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
When Welker — the first person of color to lead a Sunday public affairs program — took over as moderator two years ago, Meet the Press was in third place in the 25-54 demographic among its Sunday morning counterparts.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2025
Ivanova, the psychologist at Georgia Tech, was on a panel recently, and the moderator asked about AGI timelines.
—Matthew Hutson, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Sep. 2025
The forum moderator then interjected and turned to Mike Hilborn, who said his commercial landlord recently raised the rent for his power washing and snow plowing company from $17,000 per month to $22,000 per month after showing him how property taxes had gone up for the building.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 18 Sep. 2025
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Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
When Welker — the first person of color to lead a Sunday public affairs program — took over as moderator two years ago, Meet the Press was in third place in the 25-54 demographic among its Sunday morning counterparts.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2025
Ivanova, the psychologist at Georgia Tech, was on a panel recently, and the moderator asked about AGI timelines.
—Matthew Hutson, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Sep. 2025
The forum moderator then interjected and turned to Mike Hilborn, who said his commercial landlord recently raised the rent for his power washing and snow plowing company from $17,000 per month to $22,000 per month after showing him how property taxes had gone up for the building.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moderator
Noun
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Motel Cactus producer Cha Seung-jae would then give Bong full control for his breakthrough cult hit Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000), while Park would later become hugely influential as chairperson of the Korean Film Council (KOFIC).—
Mathew Scott,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Sep. 2025
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Wei Yujing, the cofounder and chairperson of Chicjoc, provides further elaboration.—
Footwear News,
Footwear News,
17 Sep. 2025
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With the Giants firing manager Bob Melvin, Bochy's old post has opened up, and the Giants' president of baseball operations is his former MVP catcher, Buster Posey.—
Hunter Mulholland,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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The company also announced that Gustav Söderström, co-president and chief product and technology officer, and Alex Norström, co-president and chief business officer, as its co-CEOs.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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The same is true for Kenn Ricci, a serial American aviation businessman and chairman of private jet company Flexjet.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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Two days later, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Brendan Carr voiced his frustrations over Kimmel's comments and ABC temporarily pulled Kimmel from the air, while broadcasters Sinclair and Nexstar continued to preempt the show following its return on Sept 23.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Moderator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moderator. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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