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president

noun

ˈpre-zə-dənt

Definition of president

as in chairman

a person in charge of a meeting the president of the international conference on genocide

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Recent Examples of president Accessibility is strength For Chris Cate, president and chief executive of San Diego’s Regional Chamber of Commerce, Waymos bridge consumers and businesses. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026 The film premieres at the Venice Film Festival, where Gyllenhaal is also serving as president of this year’s competition jury. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026 Suppose Carlson decided to support someone other than Vance for president in 2028. — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026 Kitty Block, president and CEO of Humane World for Animals, said removing or weakening federal protections would jeopardize decades of conservation work. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for president

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Some 261 foreigners are among the missing, Ren Wei, executive vice chairman of Tibet autonomous region, told reporters.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
Twelve of the most powerful football owners, chairmen and CEOs clinked glasses and talked shop.

— James Horncastle, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026

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The funeral was held at Eglise Saint-Sulpice and drew guests such as supermodel Claudia Schiffer, fashion designer Gilles Dufour, chairperson and CEO of Christian Dior Couture Delphine Arnault and First Lady of France Brigitte Macron.

— Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026
No product yet for CAMI Mark Gee, CAMI’s plant chairperson, said in a statement that GM was unwilling to make a product commitment from the beginning of the contract talks due to uncertainty around tariffs and trade.

— Jackie Charniga, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2026

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When the site’s moderator began deleting pages in June, the agents responded by creating backup pages to dodge the cleanup.

— Reuters, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
Agents tried hiding activity The activity became more aggressive after the site’s moderator started removing pages in June.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026

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