presidents

noun

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 Not surprisingly, the legislation does nothing to curb the growth of compensation and other benefits for college presidents, athletics directors, coaches and staff who continue to be in charge of the athletes under their control. — Bruce Svare, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2026 The summit drew a crowd of 150 including retail and brand CEOs and presidents, industry consultants and media, and at the dinner the night before, honored Martha Stewart with Wharton’s Retail Excellence Award. — David Moin, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026 Despite a personally warm relationship between the presidents, the countries’ deep differences from the Taiwan Strait to trade to artificial intelligence remain. — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026 How state school superintendent candidates’ districts fared This year, the candidates for state superintendent of public instruction are presidents of their local board of education. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 Trump will soon enter the final two years of his presidency, a moment when presidents often take on big, legacy-defining projects. — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026 College presidents, students and employees staunchly opposed the proposal when the Board of Trustees first considered it in June. — CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026 In August, when Kiffin was dithering about adding his would-be NFLers, the presidents unanimously (LSU abstained from the vote) approved a new discipline policy for schools that roster NFL, NBA or WNBA players. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026 Decked out in an oversized chocolate-brown leather jacket, Davidson posed on the red carpet and embraced Variety’s co-presidents Ramin Setoodeh (also the publication’s co-editor-in-chief) and Dea Lawrence. — Antonio Ferme, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for presidents
  1. chairpersons
  2. chairmen
  3. moderators
Noun
  • There have been four different PCB chairpersons since 2022 and each has brought in a different vision and a new set of executives to run the board.
    — Ahsan Iftikhar Nagi, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The existing committee chairpersons are tasked with facilitating meetings and placing items on their agendas.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2026
Definition of chairpersons
Noun
  • Hastert’s tenure was marked by a shift of power from committee chairmen to GOP leaders, fealty to the Bush administration and an explosion of congressional pet projects known as earmarks.
    — Michael Tarm, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
  • And that means Republican committee chairmen and leaders control any effort to curtail them — not rank-and-file Democrats.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of chairmen
Noun
  • But Raman’s answers never meandered and weren’t too elliptical, even when she was pressed by the able moderators.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Excessive false positives also overwhelmed the human moderators trying to detect dangerous accounts.
    — Vicky Nguyen, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of moderators

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“Presidents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presidents. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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