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chairman

[chair-muhn] / ˈtʃɛər mən /


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Chris Giancarlo, the former chairman of the U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

Jet de Ranitz, NPO's executive chairman, acknowledged their decision would disappoint many Dutch Eurovision fans and stressed that the contest would still be aired on the public channels.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

After the offer closed, Hugo Boss appointed Frasers’ Chief Executive Michael Murray as chairman of its supervisory board to succeed Stephan Sturm, in a move aimed at reflecting the changes in the company’s shareholder structure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

No chief executive, no chairman, no major shareholder and no major shareholder's son are anywhere to be seen when those issues are raised at news conferences.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

During the discussion period after Woodhull’s speech, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Representative John Bingham, a Republican from Ohio, told Woodhull: “Madam, you are not a citizen.”

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

Indeed, Warsh was less willing than previous Fed chairmen to speculate much on the path of the economy, inflation and interest rates during his first press conference.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

Earlier Fed chairmen have worked to further Fed independence and accountability by bolstering the role of the Federal Reserve Banks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

His term as governor doesn’t expire until 2028, and most chairmen step down from the board when their chairmanship ends.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026

There are dedicated recruitment staff at many clubs now but managers and chairmen still need a free week before any deadline, so please use some common sense and stop this madness!

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026

I started calling department chairmen to ask for another week, another ten days—‘more time to reach a decision’— to avoid the decision I would have to make.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

It provides that all legal disputes which may arise between Austria and Czechoslovakia are to be submitted to an impartial commission chairmaned by an appointee of the Swiss Government.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Senate committee, chairmaned by Florida's New-Dealing Pepper, proposed to do something to better the nation's health.

From Time Magazine Archive

At Edinburgh in 1910 he chairmaned the great interdenominational world conference, out of which evolved in 1920 the I.M.C., which he has headed ever since.

From Time Magazine Archive

Except for Joseph Patrick Kennedy, who chairmaned the Commission for its first ten months and got it off to a handsome start, he has been its only boss.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was late in the afternoon of the same day that the Federative Council sent its committee, chairmaned by Engineer Scott, to interview the ex-general manager at his rooms in the Clarendon.

From The Grafters by Francis Lynde

Before the Appropriations subcommittee chairmanned by Colorado's compact little Senator Adams, Alabama's gift to the drama tossed aside her blue felt hat, perched herself on the table and read a prepared statement.

From Time Magazine Archive

Four House Democrats and three Republicans conducted the investigation, chairmanned by Democrat John W. Mc-Cormack of South Boston, precipitated by the anti-Nazi outcries of Democrat Samuel Dickstein of Manhattan.

From Time Magazine Archive

Two interests which did not think themselves sufficiently respected were the protective bondholders' committee headed by Vice President John W. Stedman of Prudential Insurance Co. and an independent committee chairmanned by Historian Charles A. Beard.

From Time Magazine Archive

At Yale he played some football, some golf, chairmanned the Yale Graphic.

From Time Magazine Archive

Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles, chairmanned by President Hoover's great & good friend Henry Mauris Robinson, reported a ratio of cash & Governments to deposits of 26%.

From Time Magazine Archive


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