as in chairperson
a person in charge of a meeting
I was unaccustomed to being the presider of anything larger than a departmental meeting
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The 17-year-old model was among the first to arrive the evening of May 4 with her mother, who is one of the co-chairs of the Costume Institute benefit along with Beyoncé, Venus Williams and lead chairperson Anna Wintour, Vogue's global editorial director.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
4 May 2026 -
Officially, ninth-inning responsibilities for this team might still be in the hands of a committee, but Perkins has established himself as its chairperson.—
Andy Behrens,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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The campaign is also calling for experienced independent moderators to run the debate and that it be aired on accessible formats for the entire voting public.—
Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
2 May 2026
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As far as campaign promotional regulations, the Academy dictated that screenings with Q&A sessions or panel discussions before nominations may now have up to two moderators instead of one moderator.—
Scott Feinberg,
HollywoodReporter,
1 May 2026
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The president pardoned Giuliani for the attempt to overturn the 2020 election in November.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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Tall served as Mali’s education and science minister from 2016 to 2017 and is the president of the National Congress for Democratic Initiative, a political party opposed to the military government.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
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When John Elkann, Ferrari’s executive chairman, first announced the project to the world, he was asked why.—
Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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In the early 1980s, Braunwald was simultaneously chairman of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Beth Israel Hospital, two storied Boston institutions affiliated with Harvard.—
Lawrence K. Altman,
STAT,
7 May 2026
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“Presider.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presider. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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