as in chief
highest in rank or authority
a senator who is the presiding member of the armed services committee
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What's next: The city's chief administrative officer, the city attorney and the school board's interim superintendent are on Tuesday's agenda to speak.—
Carlie Kollath Wells,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025 -
Disney’s chief human resources officer Sonia Coleman outlined changes to the company’s DEI efforts in a memo to leadership Tuesday.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
11 Feb. 2025
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Halftime report The Kings only trailed by eight following a 3-pointer by Fox with 7:58 to play in the second quarter, but the Thunder staged a 21-6 run to take a commanding lead.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacramento Bee,
2 Feb. 2025
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Boston outscored Chicago 41-28, led by as many as 19 points and took a commanding 68-51 lead into halftime.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
30 Jan. 2025
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In a bit of good-natured trash talking, the Kansas City Star and the Inquirer decided to see which team has the supreme sense of style.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
6 Feb. 2025
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This approach reflects a flawed strategy of attempting to engage Ali Khamenei [the supreme leader of Iran] diplomatically while ignoring Iran’s oil smuggling.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
Fox News,
5 Feb. 2025
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Before becoming one of America’s foremost historians, a Pulitzer Prize winner and writer of seminal books on Abraham Lincoln (a basis for the Steven Spielberg film Lincoln), Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Teddy Roosevelt and Johnson, Kearns Goodwin became a White House Fellow under LBJ.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2025
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At his death in 1996, he was considered one of the country’s foremost historians of the Black experience in America.—
Jeffrey Boutwell,
Baltimore Sun,
12 Feb. 2025
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Drowning poses another risk Drowning is another leading cause of death for migrants trying to reach the U.S. In California, for example, the 82-mile-long All-American Canal runs parallel to the U.S.-Mexico border.—
Marni LaFleur,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2025
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In his first leading role, the Academy Award winner plays Marvin, a cheerful realtor in the Milwaukee suburbs with a dark criminal past that his kindhearted, cowboy hat-wearing boss, Cliff (played by Astin), has no idea about.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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As depicted in Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, José, attending Southern Illinois University on a swimming scholarship, met blond beauty queen Mary Louise Andersen, a lively communications major two years his senior who everyone called Kitty.—
Roy Trakin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
8 Feb. 2025
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Tim Johnson is senior director of horticulture at the Chicago Botanic Garden.—
Tim Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Feb. 2025
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Netanyahu has offered Hamas a chance to surrender and send top leaders into exile.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
arkansasonline.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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Juventus’ victory lifts them into the top four ahead of Lazio, who could only draw 2-2 at home to Napoli on Saturday, on goal difference — a lofty position Motta’s side have not enjoyed since their comeback to draw 4-4 at Inter in October.—
Ahmed Walid,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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Frontman and principal songwriter Josh Todd looks deranged and unhinged.—
Lily Moayeri,
SPIN,
11 Feb. 2025
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Since it was created, the agency has provided more than $21 billion in consumer relief in the form of monetary compensation, principal reductions, canceled debts and more for 205 million consumers or consumer accounts, according to the bureau.—
Julia Gomez,
USA TODAY,
10 Feb. 2025
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