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presiders

noun

plural of presider

as in chairpersons

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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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

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Among the presidential hopefuls are former presidents Michel Martelly, Claude Joseph and Jocelerme Privert, along with a former president of Haiti's Chamber of Deputies, Gary Bodeau, and Public Prosecutor Jean Ernest Muscadin.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
Nearly all presidents of both parties since 1923 have described libraries, whether public, academic or presidential, as a prerequisite to a healthy democracy and as crucial to sustaining an informed citizenry.

— Alex H. Poole, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026

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While Michael Jordan never retired anyone’s number during his years as the Hornets owner, Hornets’ co-chairmen Rick Schnall and Gabe Plotkin have now retired two.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2026
Corporate records show a Cambodian firm by that name, listing both Chen Zhi and Chen Sokly as chairmen.

— Isabel Vincent, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

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Reddit moderators also checked additional photos and Apple paperwork provided by the owner.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
During an Iowa Senate debate, the moderators displayed images of two soldiers, native Iowans, killed in action in the Middle East.

— Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026

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