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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
Rhythms of bossa nova and Brazilian funk cascade from overhead speakers into the narrow Adams Morgan space.
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Elazar Sontag, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2026
Additional speakers and sessions to be announced.
—William Earl, Variety, 26 Feb. 2026
Jones, the first woman and first Black lawmaker to serve as House speaker, has filed to withdraw as a candidate in the upcoming election, according to state election officials.
—Bryan P. Sears, Baltimore Sun, 26 Feb. 2026
If the bill is passed, Police Commissioner Tisch will have to present a plan to the mayor and City Council speaker for approval, with the plan then to be implemented within 120 days.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026
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Elazar Sontag, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2026
Additional speakers and sessions to be announced.
—William Earl, Variety, 26 Feb. 2026
Jones, the first woman and first Black lawmaker to serve as House speaker, has filed to withdraw as a candidate in the upcoming election, according to state election officials.
—Bryan P. Sears, Baltimore Sun, 26 Feb. 2026
If the bill is passed, Police Commissioner Tisch will have to present a plan to the mayor and City Council speaker for approval, with the plan then to be implemented within 120 days.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speaker
Noun
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Franklin Myers, chairperson of the company’s board since 2019, was appointed interim CEO of the company.—
Fortune Editors,
Fortune,
20 Feb. 2026
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First, Amy Pascal, my co-chairperson at Sony, and Stacey Snider, the chairwoman at Universal Studios, while friends, had a 20-year rivalry.—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2026
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Singh worked and lived at the temple with his wife and their 6-month-old triplets, said temple spokesperson Deep Singh, who is not related to the victim.—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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The company will be managing its own fleet and depot operations during the initial launch period in the three Texas cities and Orlando, a spokesperson said.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Underpaid lecturers huddled closer to their space heaters, submerging themselves deeper in Aramaic love poetry to stave off thoughts of the damp.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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Richter — who, like Cantor, had spent her entire career here, first as a research mathematician and then, after retiring, as a lecturer on the history of mathematics — gestured for Goos to sit.—
Joseph Howlett,
Quanta Magazine,
25 Feb. 2026
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The moderator quickly moved on to another question, so Morrison kept the rest of her views to herself.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2026
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This McGill and Chinese University of Hong Kong grad also has bylines in Architectural Digest, Men's Journal, Town & Country, and Observer—occasionally trading his keyboard for time in front of cameras for brand campaigns or keeping conversations flowing as a panel moderator.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Feb. 2026
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The next step will be for Kushner and Barrot to meet in person, which the ministry spokesman expects to happen within the next few days.—
Melissa Bell,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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The city had permitted the project to partially demolish a preexisting, two-story, two-unit dwelling, which was planned to be enlarged into a four-story, seven-unit building, a DOB spokesman said.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Someone in the video is heard encouraging Hellebuyck to respond to the president.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Feb. 2026
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That message has pleased some on the right, who have praised Paramount over its decision to buy The Free Press, cut ties with Stephen Colbert, and bring back one of the president’s favorite film franchises.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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Rosso appointed his son Stefano Rosso, chairman of Margiela, as CEO of Marni in May last year to help steer the business.—
Lucy Maguire,
Vogue,
27 Feb. 2026
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Conte believed that the muddled thinking and questionable ambition of the club’s hierarchy, then led by chairman Daniel Levy, would also be costly.—
Dan Kilpatrick,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Speaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speaker. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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