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presiders

noun

plural of presider

as in chairpersons

a person in charge of a meeting I was unaccustomed to being the presider of anything larger than a departmental meeting

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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

Definition of chairpersons

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Chivayo's Rolls-Royces, private aircraft, designer shoes, luxury watches, shopping trips abroad and multimillion-dollar gifts were a constant presence on social media, while his relationships with presidents gave him visibility far beyond Zimbabwe.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
After the Supreme Court ruled and allowed the execution to take place, with three justices nominated by Democratic presidents dissenting, the botched execution occurred on Wednesday night.

— Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of presidents

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Hastert’s tenure was marked by a shift of power from committee chairmen to GOP leaders, fealty to the Bush administration and an explosion of congressional pet projects known as earmarks.

— Michael Tarm, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
And that means Republican committee chairmen and leaders control any effort to curtail them — not rank-and-file Democrats.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026

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The candidate forum moderators noted that such proposals have failed in Congress at least 15 times since 2003.

— Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Signpost, our digital information service, has reached 20 million people navigating the hardest moments of their lives, nearly 591,000 of them through one-to-one guidance from moderators, many displaced themselves.

— Jeannie Annan, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

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