speakers

plural of speaker
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as in chairpersons
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 lecturers
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 speakers The pro-el Sayed council chairman has publicly appeared alongside the Michigan Senate candidate, both of them appearing as conference speakers at CAIR’s annual 2018 conference, which focused that year on political organizing and activism. Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 20 Sep. 2026 At the Miami-Dade Democratic Party’s Blue Gala featuring statewide candidates on the November ballot, speakers addressed the shifting dynamics and emphasized that Democrats can solve the state’s most pressing issues. Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2026 Organizers said speakers from Writers Against the War on Gaza, the Boycott Cooknsolo Coalition and Shut Down Day & Zimmermann were expected to participate. Anna Tingley, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026 However, the truncated keys allow for sizable speaker grilles on either side of the keyboard, which are joined by four more speakers within the system. Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 19 Sep. 2026 Five alerts sounded during a business conference, with guests and speakers leaving and returning after the all-clear, each time. Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2026 Her C-suite, which includes fellow speakers Aimee Bayer-Thomas (chief retail officer), Lauren Brindley (chief merchandising and digital officer), and Kelly Mahoney (chief marketing officer), is a testament to that belief. Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026 Both speakers pointed to energy as today’s biggest geopolitical stress point. Angelica Ang, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026 Organizers have said there will be more than 50 speakers or presentations each night, with many of the remarks kept brief to keep the pace fast for viewers and easy to share online. ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
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Noun
  • 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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  • Mahomes and Gronkowski will serve as spokesmen and promote Friday Night 5G Lights on social media.
    Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Tiger and Rory ultimately became friends and fellow spokesmen for Nike.
    Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2026
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  • The union, representing about 2,700 lecturers, clinicians and librarians, won a June election with roughly 70% support, but USC has appealed to the National Labor Relations Board to toss the result.
    Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • After more than a year of negotiations, the California Faculty Association — which represents about 29,000 professors, lecturers, librarians, counselors and coaches — declared impasse in July.
    Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Still, the administrators, the commissioners and league presidents must recognize that if trade wars devolve into something more hateful and restrictive, team owners may find their golden goose has fallen into the crockpot.
    Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Recent targets include activists who fled Nicaragua after a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests in 2018 and opposition leaders critical of the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, a married couple who lead Nicaragua as co-presidents.
    Ismael López, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
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  • As fashion week rolled on Monday, much of the industry recapped the incident and questioned what might happen next to Kolb, who has been in his role for 20 years under three chairmen.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Twelve of the most powerful football owners, chairmen and CEOs clinked glasses and talked shop.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Some immersive experiences feel valuable only while new rooms, objects, events and moderators keep arriving; revenue may grow linearly while production cost compounds.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The six accounts that the company’s moderators left up had shared many heinous videos, including a toddler being struck in the face with a frying pan, a girl being beaten with a baseball bat, and a baby being kicked.
    Jon Christian, Futurism, 9 Sep. 2026

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“Speakers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speakers. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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