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as in chairperson
a person in charge of a meeting
the speaker announced that it was time for the club to move on to another matter
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as in spokesperson
a person who speaks for another or for a group
unofficially chose a speaker to broach the subject with the supervisor of the department
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as in lecturer
a person who makes usually formal public speeches
the after-dinner speaker was a career diplomat who regaled us with humorous anecdotes from his travels abroad
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Recent Examples of speaker
Featuring more than 600 speakers and pushing over 26,000 watts of power, the system delivered crystal-clear, distortion-free sound up to a quarter-mile away and essentially served as its own monitoring system, with the speakers placed directly behind the band.
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Anna Tingley, Variety, 27 June 2025
As a result, Chili’s now allows employees to use speakers in the kitchen.
—Brit Morse, Fortune, 27 June 2025
Many engaged with the attendees the way a motivational speaker would by attempting to drum up passion; not necessarily for one’s inner psyche but for the world of real estate.
—Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2025
Jim Amann is a former speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives, former House Majority Leader, and former House chair of the Insurance and Real Estate Committee.
—Jim Amann, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2025
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Anna Tingley, Variety, 27 June 2025
As a result, Chili’s now allows employees to use speakers in the kitchen.
—Brit Morse, Fortune, 27 June 2025
Many engaged with the attendees the way a motivational speaker would by attempting to drum up passion; not necessarily for one’s inner psyche but for the world of real estate.
—Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2025
Jim Amann is a former speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives, former House Majority Leader, and former House chair of the Insurance and Real Estate Committee.
—Jim Amann, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speaker
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Mary Elliott-Klemm, publicity chairperson for Indivisible El Dorado, said liberals in the county have often kept a low profile while living in a largely-conservative area.—
Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
14 June 2025
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His mother wrapped bandages for the Red Cross and then became chairperson of Red Cross fundraising and his sister married another pilot.—
Hank Beckman,
Chicago Tribune,
3 June 2025
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City spokesperson Laura Williams emphasized in an email to the Statesman that the ranking was only one question on the survey.—
Rose Evans,
Idaho Statesman,
29 June 2025
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The cause of that fire was under investigation, a fire department spokesperson said last week.—
Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 June 2025
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During a subsequent fireside chat with moderator Vivek Couto, executive director and co-founder, Media Partners Asia, which organizes APOS, Gupta acknowledged two primary industry concerns about AI adoption: talent management and protecting creativity.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
25 June 2025
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In a community update, a Spotify moderator said people were experiencing problems with login, playback and the Support site.—
Anne Marie D. Lee,
CBS News,
12 June 2025
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Public health experts and lawmakers have called into question the credentials and backgrounds of some of the new panelists, and just before the meeting began, one member withdrew during the financial holdings review, an HHS spokesman said, bringing the panel down to seven.—
Meg Tirrell,
CNN Money,
25 June 2025
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Officers were conducting a coordinated search for the suspect, according to department spokesman Lt. Lewis Gilmour.—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
25 June 2025
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The president was impeached twice during his first White House term and acquitted in the Senate both times, as a two-thirds majority of votes are required for conviction in the upper chamber.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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As Obama’s White House Jay Carney told Vanity Fair in 2018, the president at one point urged him to prioritize non-traditional media.—
Mark Joyella,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia, doubled down on his warning that some countries might give Iran nuclear weapons in the wake of strikes carried out by the United States, but clarified that Moscow has no intention to do so.—
Nick Mordowanec
Jason Lemon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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Russian Security Council deputy chairman of Dmitry Medvedev also said Iran's critical nuclear infrastructure appeared to be unaffected or to have sustained only minor damage.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
23 June 2025
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“Speaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speaker. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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