variants
or co-chair
plural cochairs or co-chairs
: one of two or more chairpersons who preside jointly over something (such as a meeting, organization, committee, event, or department) : cochairperson
A short while later she agreed to serve as honorary cochair of the Komen Foundation's Race for the Cure …—
Alan Pell Crawford
Alan Pell CrawfordAfter a real estate client introduced her to George Herman House, she didn't hesitate to lend her support. She's been co-chair of the board for five years.—Lisa Rainford
Lisa Rainford… today she is the department chair of the Foreign Language department and co-chair of the English as a Second Language department …—Leah Carey
Leah Carey
cochair
transitive verb
or co-chair
cochaired or co-chaired; cochairing or co-chairing; cochairs or co-chairs
… a new antidrug commission—cochaired by a corporate leader and a high-ranking administration official …
—Newsweek
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Ishak-Boushaki is a cochair of a working group for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument collaboration, known as DESI.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
In addition to perennial chair Anna Wintour, this year’s cochairs are Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, and Pharrell Williams, plus honorary chair LeBron James.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 31 Mar. 2025
His role as the head of the new Department of Government Efficiency seems guaranteed to put him on a collision course with Trump’s Cabinet officials and with congressional Republicans, and probably also with his cochair Vivek Ramaswamy.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 2 Jan. 2025
The pair are also serving as cochairs of next year’s Met Gala along with A$AP Rocky, Colman Domingo and Condé Nast’s chief content officer and global editorial director Anna Wintour, who also attended the media preview.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 9 Oct. 2024
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
In addition to perennial chair Anna Wintour, this year’s cochairs are Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, and Pharrell Williams, plus honorary chair LeBron James.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 31 Mar. 2025
His role as the head of the new Department of Government Efficiency seems guaranteed to put him on a collision course with Trump’s Cabinet officials and with congressional Republicans, and probably also with his cochair Vivek Ramaswamy.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 2 Jan. 2025
The pair are also serving as cochairs of next year’s Met Gala along with A$AP Rocky, Colman Domingo and Condé Nast’s chief content officer and global editorial director Anna Wintour, who also attended the media preview.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Cochair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cochair. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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