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Recent Examples of president The president indicated more companies could soon follow. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2025 Co-presidents Alex Norström and Gustav Söderström are moving up to become co-CEOs. Jim Cramer, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025 Here are three key questions that principal owner Steve Cohen and president of baseball operations David Stearns have to answer this winter. Tim Britton, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025 Still, there needs to be a strong directive from Trump in order to get the process moving, reiterated Todd Schulte, president of FWD.us, an immigration advocacy organization. Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for president
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Noun
  • 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
  • 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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  • The award was presented by Paola Deda, chairperson of the UN Alliance for Sustainable Fashion and director of UNECE.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
  • These messages, from both state departments and federal agencies, don’t appear to be a Hatch Act violation, said Dan Schnur, the former chairperson of California’s Fair Political Practices Commission.
    William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The View moderator Goldberg is an EGOT-winning actress known for roles in Ghost, Sister Act, and The Color Purple.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025
  • In a social media post, moderators promised to keep customers in the loop on plans to reopen.
    Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 28 Sep. 2025

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“President.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/president. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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