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chairpersons

noun

plural of chairperson

as in chairmen

a person in charge of a meeting the chairperson will determine the order in which people will speak

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Recent Examples of chairpersons 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, 27 May 2026 With seven Republican members of the Oklahoma Legislature campaigning for statewide office, GOP leaders have kept those lawmakers in their leadership positions or as committee chairpersons, a reversal of policies instituted by previous House speakers or Senate pro tempores. — Paul Monies, Oklahoma Watch, 21 Jan. 2026 Menin, an Upper East Side Democrat who’s seen as a centrist counterweight to Mayor Mamdani’s administration, is expected to make the appointments at a Council meeting Thursday where picks for all of the body’s other committee chairpersons will also be announced, the sources said. — Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026 The proxy statement lists an annual retainer of $125,000 to non-employee directors, with additional compensation for the lead director and chairpersons of committees. — Dylan Sherman, Arkansas Online, 18 Dec. 2025 The chairpersons for this year’s event include Jamie Drake, Bunny Williams, Alex Hampton, and Andrew Torrey. — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2025 Also in March — to a rising din of dire prognostications about De Luca and Abdy’s tenure as co-chairpersons/chief executives — Warner punted the release of One Battle After Another (from the financial doldrums of August into its current date smack in the middle of the awards-season scrum). — Chris Lee, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025

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The 46-year-old is the oldest son of Denise and John York, the co-chairmen of the 49ers.

— David Close, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
Both are already chairmen of other important committees, though.

— Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 12 July 2026

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In truth, presidents do not spend much time thinking about space in general, or NASA in particular.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 30 Aug. 2026
In that span, the United States has had 10 presidents, but the Eagles have released only seven studio albums, six of them during the first decade.

— Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 30 Aug. 2026

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