as in chairperson
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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Campbell had served as chairperson, with Bianka Hellmich and Veronica Chou serving as directors.—
Samantha Conti,
WWD,
6 Feb. 2025 -
Behind the scenes: The former Iowa Democratic Party chairperson has been the county's top manager since October 2020.—
Jason Clayworth,
Axios,
16 Jan. 2025
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What Zuckerberg didn’t say in his five-minute monologue was that Meta would use its own internal moderators to censor employee criticism of his plan.—
Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2025
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However, with Joy Behar’s absence from the show this week in preparation of her Off Broadway play, Goldberg is stepping in as the show’s moderator.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
7 Feb. 2025
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Samuelsen is international president of the Transport Workers Union.—
John Samuelsen,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak has spent much of the offseason in search of a new home for longtime Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado, to no avail.—
Joey Copponi,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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The committee's chairman, GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, unveiled the resolution last week.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2025
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Instead, Jim Berkus, the former UTA chairman who works with Ford, instead had bad news.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
10 Feb. 2025
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“Presider.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presider. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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