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chairing

verb as in moderate

verb as in officiate

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To be sure, the presidential role is entirely ceremonial: chairing meetings, shaking hands.

Or maybe show a photo of Ted Cruz holding a gavel chairing a subcommittee.

Will the image of Ted Cruz chairing a committee or the Affordable Care Act getting gutted make the left show up?

But he certainly did occupy at various times some of its key positions, chairing and serving on critical committees.

No sooner had he formally opened the meeting, however, than it became clear he was not chairing it unaided.

Perhaps, however, it is quite as well that we have got rid of the chairing and the humour—Heaven help us!

On the publication of this intelligence, the ancient ceremony of chairing went on with more than usual vigour.

There was one—a monstrous ugly fellow—who, preparatory to his chairing, was left to lean against a column.

He did not join in the fierce acclamation; he did not wait to see the chairing of Bobby and Trigson.

The chairing took place on the day following the declaration of the poll.

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On this page you'll find 128 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to chairing, such as: chair, judge, negotiate, preside, referee, and umpire.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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