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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
After Herzog relinquished the podium, several other speakers riffed on these themes.
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Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
Somewhere, Morgan Wallen plays faintly from a Bluetooth speaker.
—Calin Van Paris, Outside, 19 Mar. 2026
The rooms All 67 rooms and suites are deeply comfortable with rain showers, sofas, and Bluetooth speakers.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Mar. 2026
Among the speakers at the town hall was Noah Arbit, a lifelong congregant of Temple Israel who represents West Bloomfield in the Michigan House of Representatives.
—Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2026
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Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
Somewhere, Morgan Wallen plays faintly from a Bluetooth speaker.
—Calin Van Paris, Outside, 19 Mar. 2026
The rooms All 67 rooms and suites are deeply comfortable with rain showers, sofas, and Bluetooth speakers.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Mar. 2026
Among the speakers at the town hall was Noah Arbit, a lifelong congregant of Temple Israel who represents West Bloomfield in the Michigan House of Representatives.
—Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speaker
Noun
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At the request of any of those committees, the authority’s executive director and chairperson would be required to provide in-person testimony about the acquisition, constructions and development of sports facilities and surrounding infrastructure.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
10 Mar. 2026
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The conservancy’s chairperson, Kasey Austin-Tibbets, and Fresno County Supervisor Garry Bredefeld, who’s on the group’s board, were among officials who held a news conference Thursday, March 5, in Fresno to decry the use of the compost, the Fresno Bee reported.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
6 Mar. 2026
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The bank declined to comment through a spokesperson.—
LARRY NEUMEISTER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
18 Mar. 2026
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Campaign spokesperson Emily Soong said Bean had been out at the polls greeting voters earlier in the day.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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That statue was an important symbol for students from farm-working families in North County, said Karla Reyes, the operations manager at the Centro Cultural de la Raza and ethnic studies lecturer at MiraCosta College.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Mar. 2026
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Rachel Taparjan is a British Romanian filmmaker and academic in North East England, working as a senior lecturer in social work at Teesside University.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Mar. 2026
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Rich Thau, president of Engagious and the moderator of both groups, said some of these voters directly attributed some of their economic concerns to military action abroad.—
Ashley Lopez,
NPR,
12 Mar. 2026
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Monitor stars Brittany O’Grady as Maggie, a young woman haunted by guilt over her sister’s suicide, who spends her days through the most disturbing material on the internet as a content moderator.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2026
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Mohammad Khurasani, a spokesman for the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, said the ceasefire was intended to allow people to observe Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 Mar. 2026
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Ian Gregor, spokesman for the FAA, could not immediately say Wednesday whether the agency was investigating the airport’s compliance with grant funding requirements.—
Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
19 Mar. 2026
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The president is fighting against historical headwinds for the party in power and, like President Joe Biden before him, is navigating voter anxiety about the cost of living in America.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Mar. 2026
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The president has repeatedly said the war will be over soon, but has not given specific timelines to members of Congress or the American people.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
16 Mar. 2026
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Arnott is the founder and chairman of Research Affiliates, a firm that oversees strategies for nearly $200 billion index funds and ETFs for the likes of Charles Schwab and Invesco.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
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Cruz, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee that oversees aviation, said Democrats are responsible for paychecks not being delivered to TSA agents.—
Joseph Morton,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Speaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speaker. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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