chiefs

noun

plural of chief
1
as in bodies
the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts the chief of the estate was left to the eldest son

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2
as in leaders
the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do our chief is out on a business trip right now

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Recent Examples of chiefs The South's joint chiefs said Saturday the military stepped up surveillance and vigilance for possible further launches from the North and was closely sharing information with the United States and Japan. — Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026 The news of film chiefs’ imminent exit comes as Paramount Skydance prepares for its landmark $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026 The South’s joint chiefs said the military stepped up surveillance and vigilance for possible further launches from the North and was closely sharing information with the United States and Japan. — ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026 Warner Bros Motion Picture chiefs De Luca and Pamela Abdy are departing. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026 But unions and studio chiefs celebrated last week’s developments. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026 The lawsuit provides greater insight into changes within the city’s police department, which lost both deputy chiefs while the city continues paying former Chief Adam Dustman after his public resignation. — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026 Several chiefs were in the front row of the crowd as the governors approved the directive during a December convening at the National Aquarium in Baltimore. — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 23 Sep. 2026 And Newsom has often been an ally to the state’s striving technology industry chiefs. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chiefs
  1. bodies
  2. leaders
  3. weights
  4. bosses
  5. cores
  6. foremen
  7. staples
  8. captains
Noun
  • The agency will coordinate with several government bodies on the background checks, such as Argentina’s State Intelligence Secretariat, Financial Information Unit, and Ministry of Security, as well as international intelligence.
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
  • That emotional shortcut, more than novelty, is what has made the scent sticky with consumers who want their homes and bodies to smell like a specific memory rather than a candy aisle.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
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Noun
  • Israeli leaders have said little about the unprecedented death toll in Gaza, the humanitarian catastrophe and the lack of reconstruction.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Lawyers for victims’ relatives claim that a group of extremist religious leaders in Saudi Arabia aided the hijackers.
    — Tom Winter, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of leaders
Noun
  • However, the model’s final hardware requirements, downloadable weights, and independent benchmark results were not publicly available at the time of the announcement.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
  • During its original heyday, the Alite series dipped to weights below 400 lb (181 kg) and was even popular for motorcycle camping.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of weights
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  • In July, Puma reported a slip in sales in the second quarter, but the company’s bosses remain optimistic that their plan to bring the brand back to growth by 2027 is on the right track.
    — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • As more employees use AI in their day-to-day, bosses need to change their approach to managing given this new means of work, says Aparna Nair, IBM's chief talent, leadership & culture officer.
    — Sarah Jackson, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
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  • And, for context on the deal, Best Buy recently restocked the M4 version of the Mac Mini with the same amount of storage (albeit with a less performant processor with fewer cores) for $799.
    — Cameron Faulkner, The Verge, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The flagship processor will have 28 cores, mixing eight performance cores, 16 efficiency cores, and four low-power cores.
    — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of cores
Noun
  • Customers were very important; workers, foremen.
    — Michael Kilian, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • For years after that, TCU alums who had served as Ranch Week foremen or queen would proudly include it on resumes, in professional biographies or when running for office.
    — Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2025
Definition of foremen
Noun
  • But with more skin-care options than ever—from niche and luxury brands to medical-grade formulas—do drugstore staples still hold up?
    — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The clean, minimalist versions in the Philo lineage, think wool, clean seams, no hardware noise, are the ones that will age into wardrobe staples.
    — Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of staples
Noun
  • That’s by order of the President, who summoned the captains of the AI industry to the nation’s capital Tuesday to discuss AI safety and AI regulation…or, self-regulation.
    — Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Admunsen High School student Alison Segarra and Dundee-Crown High School student Alejandro Gonzalez will serve as the Bears' 2026 Latino Heritage Month Youth Leaders, and will serve as honorary team captains at midfield during the pregame coin toss.
    — Noel Brennan, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
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“Chiefs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chiefs. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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