as in chief
highest in rank or authority
a senator who is the presiding member of the armed services committee
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According to Fu Wentao, chief pilot of the Jiaolong manned submersible, the team expanded the vessel’s usual single-point operating method during the Arctic mission.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
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Knudsen, chief scientific adviser in research and early development at Novo Nordisk, played a pivotal role in turning it into an effective drug promoting weight loss that millions of people take today.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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Instead, Reeves became Estragon, the more simplistic and long-suffering of the duo, while Winter tackled Vladimir, the more commanding and verbose character.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
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Since the late 90s, Jungen has forged a name for himself internationally through his commanding sculptural practice.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
29 Sep. 2025
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As monarch, Charles is the supreme governor of the Church of England, a role established in the 16th century when King Henry VIII broke from the Catholic Church.—
Muvija M,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Thanks to the supreme power of a microchip, the shelter was able to track down his owner, Christian Gonzales.—
TJ Macias,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Oct. 2025
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Goodall was known as the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees after spending decades studying them in the wild in Tanzania's Gombe Stream National Park.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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Jane Goodall, the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees whose work was captured in more than 40 documentaries, died Wednesday in California.—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
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Dozens of press freedom groups and more than 100 leading writers, journalists and scholars called for Guevara’s release from ICE detention.—
Liam Reilly,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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All three of these moves are on display in One Battle After Another, DiCaprio’s latest leading turn and the 10th full-length feature from writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Oct. 2025
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The club now hosts the Ally Challenge, a senior event on the PGA Champions Tour.—
John Wisely,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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The duo, neither of which was born when Napier first began coaching in 2003, took advantage of Texas’ top cornerback, Malik Muhammed, missing the game.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
5 Oct. 2025
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The Baltimore Ravens entered the 2025 NFL season expected to be one of the league's top Super Bowl contenders.—
Jacob Camenker,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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Alex Tanford, the leader of an IU faculty advocacy group, told the HT that Wang told him the university was investigating an anonymous complaint that alleged he was mislabeled as the principal investigator for a grant and failed to disclose co-authors in research.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
7 Oct. 2025
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Contouring played a principal role in creating the look, and, by 2016, the technique had gone viral via Kim Kardashian.—
Essence,
Essence,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Presiding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presiding. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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