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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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
Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 13 May 2025
Though moderators control questioning during such forums, too, candidates have a tendency to end up chiming in on each other’s answers when seated next to each other.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025
Kate Conger, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
The moderators guided the discussion through key topics such as organizational collaboration, youth engagement, skill development, and technological advancements.
—Sukanya S. Meher, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Check out the full list of screenings and moderators.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 13 May 2025
Though moderators control questioning during such forums, too, candidates have a tendency to end up chiming in on each other’s answers when seated next to each other.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025
Noun
The decisions to move away from strict rules about what is allowed on the sites and employing thousands of content moderators to police them follows yearslong complaints from Republicans that social media companies effectively censored conservative voices.
—Kate Conger, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
The moderators guided the discussion through key topics such as organizational collaboration, youth engagement, skill development, and technological advancements.
—Sukanya S. Meher, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Moderator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moderator. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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