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presidents

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plural of president

as in chairpersons

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

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Recent Examples of presidents But, ultimately, at the very top, presidents and provosts are going to have to understand that expertise is their mission. —

Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 12 May 2026 While past presidents and lawmakers have occasionally floated gas tax holidays, a suspension of the tax has never passed in Congress. —

Joey Garrison, USA Today, 11 May 2026 Current Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government came to power in late 2023 with ambitions to roll back the judicial changes made by its predecessor, but efforts to undo them have been blocked by two successive presidents aligned with the nationalist right. —

ABC News, 11 May 2026 Roughly $40 million went to hosting 400 foreign delegations — lawmakers, pastors, influencers, university presidents. —

Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 4 May 2026 This has been done repeatedly for many, many years, with many, many presidents. —

NBC news, 3 May 2026 Countries that tolerate hate speech, whether from presidents or platforms, are more likely to experience hate crimes. —

Diane Brady, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2026 Past popes have criticized past presidents for going to war. —

Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026 By the way, other presidents will use the ballroom a lot more than me. —

CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026

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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
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