as in chairperson
a person in charge of a meeting
the moderator should make sure that everyone gets a chance to speak
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The moderator and the three speakers consisted of: Moderator: Dr. Kilian M Pohl, AI4MH Lead, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Major Labs and Incubator) and, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
The tension at Dorchester’s packed Prince Hall started as the moderator, Yawu Miller of Flipside News, was posing a rather loaded question about immigration to the four candidates taking part in the second forum of the mayoral race, Kraft, Mayor Michelle Wu, Domingos DaRosa, and Robert Cappucci.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 29 May 2025
Panel moderator Mohammed Ali (Mo) Naqvi, the acclaimed filmmaker and Crescent Collective co-founder, who also serves as chair of the Pakistan Oscar selection committee, set the tone with a pointed observation about narrative liberation.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 May 2025
On June 6, Chanel ambassador Riley Keough and her creative partner Gina Gammell will join moderator Margaret Zhang for an in-person conversation at Metrograph in downtown New York.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 15 May 2025
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
The tension at Dorchester’s packed Prince Hall started as the moderator, Yawu Miller of Flipside News, was posing a rather loaded question about immigration to the four candidates taking part in the second forum of the mayoral race, Kraft, Mayor Michelle Wu, Domingos DaRosa, and Robert Cappucci.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 29 May 2025
Panel moderator Mohammed Ali (Mo) Naqvi, the acclaimed filmmaker and Crescent Collective co-founder, who also serves as chair of the Pakistan Oscar selection committee, set the tone with a pointed observation about narrative liberation.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 May 2025
On June 6, Chanel ambassador Riley Keough and her creative partner Gina Gammell will join moderator Margaret Zhang for an in-person conversation at Metrograph in downtown New York.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 15 May 2025
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Trump has additionally proposed a 12 percent budget cut to the Smithsonian that would leave both the Anacostia Community Museum and the National Museum of the American Latino unfunded, and has appointed himself chairperson of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
10 June 2025
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What do other experts say? Margherita Fontana, a dentist and the chairperson of the Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences & Endodontics at the University of Michigan, said fluoride is used in the United States in a way that is safe and effective.—
Romy Ellenbogen,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2025
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In documents submitted to the court this week, the president’s lawyers argued that such conditions did exist in Los Angeles, making the deployments legal.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2025
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While the president, first lady and other MAGA A-listers received a mixed reception, drag performers Tara Hoot, Mari Con Carne, Ricky Rosé and Vagenesis entered to applause and cheers from the crowd.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
12 June 2025
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Hegseth planned to appear before the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee alongside Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, and acting Pentagon Comptroller Bryn Woollacott MacDonnell to discuss the administration's upcoming 2026 budget request.—
Anne Flaherty,
ABC News,
10 June 2025
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Luis Dávila Pernas, the party’s chairman, made the endorsement official in a new campaign ad that Cuomo’s team was set to air on television and digital platforms during Sunday’s Puerto Rican Day Parade in Manhattan.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
8 June 2025
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