as in chairpersons
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 moderators
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.
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Bloomberg, Oc Register, 7 Jan. 2026
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
Most reactors of similar design slow down neutrons using materials like water or graphite (called moderators).
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 26 Dec. 2025
Still, Colby and Leslie Taylor said Discord also needs to be willing to invest in a bigger army of moderators who can detect harmful content and block malicious actors on its platform.
—Mike Levine, ABC News, 18 Nov. 2025
The complaints include not just the 60 Minutes complaint, but another filed against ABC over the way that moderators conducted the 2024 presidential debate.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Nov. 2025
His $193 million executive compensation, which turned the heads of unpaid moderators last year, included a $550,000 annual salary, with the rest tied up in stock.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2025
The site is supported by the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation, which employs automated bots and human moderators to prevent vandalism, resolve disputes, and ensure content follows a core set of policies, like maintaining a neutral point of view and providing verifiable sources for information.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
The plan deploys Q&As to boost some of those opening weekends, hosted by a rotating cast of moderators.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 23 Oct. 2025
Bloomberg, Oc Register, 7 Jan. 2026
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
Most reactors of similar design slow down neutrons using materials like water or graphite (called moderators).
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 26 Dec. 2025
Still, Colby and Leslie Taylor said Discord also needs to be willing to invest in a bigger army of moderators who can detect harmful content and block malicious actors on its platform.
—Mike Levine, ABC News, 18 Nov. 2025
The complaints include not just the 60 Minutes complaint, but another filed against ABC over the way that moderators conducted the 2024 presidential debate.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Nov. 2025
His $193 million executive compensation, which turned the heads of unpaid moderators last year, included a $550,000 annual salary, with the rest tied up in stock.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2025
The site is supported by the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation, which employs automated bots and human moderators to prevent vandalism, resolve disputes, and ensure content follows a core set of policies, like maintaining a neutral point of view and providing verifiable sources for information.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
The plan deploys Q&As to boost some of those opening weekends, hosted by a rotating cast of moderators.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moderators
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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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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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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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“Moderators.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moderators. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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