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chair

[chair] / tʃɛər /
NOUN
single-seat furniture
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She has served as budget chair since 2023.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

Shana M. Broussard, the commissioner and acting chair of the Federal Election Commission, explains in Slate just how much money is being let into America’s federal elections.

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026

“With our ceremony, we kept it very short and sweet. We did our vows privately, but for the family section, we had a chair to honor both of them with just flowers,” Woods said.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

The chair of parliament's police committee, Ian Cameron, praised police for the swift arrests and called for a "strong, properly investigated case" to follow.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

There’s someone perched on a chair in the front of the shack.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, the Conservative MP who chairs the committee, told the BBC that if a small fire broke out in the building "the whole lot would go up" - with 24-hour fire patrols in place.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

The board games are still in their packaging, and there’s no need for extra chairs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

For Montagnac, 69, it was especially painful to see the owner of a furniture store on Boulevard Diderot hauling his sofas and chairs into the back of the shop to deter looters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

For example, instead of a living room, they fashioned a swanky cocktail lounge complete with a custom bar, a Yamaha piano, and retro swivel chairs.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

Sam had to wait while the movers did everything else: the beds, the desks, the tables and chairs.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

Lon Johnson grew up Downriver and chaired the Michigan Democratic Party until 2015.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

The decisions to approve these loans were taken in 2017, in two meetings which were both chaired by Andy Burnham when he was mayor of Greater Manchester.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

One of Delrahim’s first moves was to tap Jon Leibowitz, who chaired the Federal Trade Commission under President Barack Obama, as an outside antitrust adviser.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Outside the office, Tryfman spent five years as president of the California Public Defenders Assn. and chaired the Rent Stabilization Commission for the city of Beverly Hills.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Grabarek’s mayoral rival, Watts Carr, Jr., chaired the eleven-man body, which included two blacks.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Fox’s own Washington bureau chief, Bryan Boughton, who happened to be chairing the pool this week, sent the note announcing the shutdown.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

Meanwhile, Labour councillor Linda Tift, who was temporarily chairing the meeting, is heard saying "Simon, what are you doing? Oh my God" before calling an adjournment "while we calm things down".

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

As host, Macron was officially chairing the summit but Trump left no doubt over who he believed was in charge.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

Later this week, Kevin Warsh will be chairing his first Federal Reserve meeting, where the central bank is widely expected to keep interest rates on hold.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

“Sorry, Flora. You know I’m chairing the principals’ conference this year, and it’s just details, details, details.”

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman


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