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presider

noun

Definition of presider

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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Neal is also chairperson of the trust for Meta's Oversight Board, which is responsible for examining whether Meta's decisions to remove or leave up content on Facebook, Instagram or Threads were in line with the company's policies and values.

— Laya Neelakandan,Dan Mangan, CNBC, 9 Nov. 2026
Tundu Lissu, a Tanzanian opposition leader and chairperson of the Chadema party, was sentenced to four years in prison after he was convicted of inciting people to disrupt last year's election but was acquitted of the more serious charge of treason.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of chairperson

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In some ways, BRPH acts as the moderator for what the customers want, and building it to follow all the regulations.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2026
In the r/AO3 community on Reddit, moderators have set up megathreads for the purpose of helping members find and share copies of their favorite stories.

— Angela Yang, NBC news, 2 Nov. 2026

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Kerr is a longtime Democrat whose father Malcolm was assassinated by religious extremists in 1984 while the elder Kerr served as the president of the American University of Beirut in Lebanon.

— Liam Russell, Sacbee.com, 13 Nov. 2026
Under the American system, the president and his Cabinet hold a lot of power over foreign policy, but Congress has tools to restrain it.

— Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026

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The fashion designer, arts patron and Khee Soju founder welcomed guests including Julia Garner, Sofia Vergara, Paris Hilton, Alix Earle, and Salma Hayek Pinault and her husband, Kering chairman François-Henri Pinault to her private residence.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 8 Nov. 2026
Your incoming House Oversight Committee chairman, Robert Garcia, put it simply as to his agenda.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026

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