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chancellor

[chan-suh-ler, -sler, chahn-] / ˈtʃæn sə lər, -slər, ˈtʃɑn- /






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In its letter to developers, the district did not say how the chancellor came to his decision, but said he determined CTI’s proposal was “the most advantageous to the District.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

Europe’s largest economy has hardly grown since 2019, its industry is shrinking and Merz has become the country’s least popular chancellor in living memory.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

"This is on top of the chancellor cutting business rates by 20% for pubs, social clubs and live music venues - saving thousands of locals over £1,000 a year."

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

But it is unlikely Badenoch will move to appoint her as shadow chancellor while she is on leave from the front bench.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

He plucks a book from the shelf, Geist und Tat, Spirit and Action, by Heinrich Mann, who criticized Germany's growing fascism so loudly that he was forced to flee after Hitler became chancellor.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

And the recent rapid turnover of prime ministers and chancellors shows, even thinking a few years ahead might feel like a luxury.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Five of UC’s nine undergraduate campuses also have new chancellors.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

In a meeting with Big Ten presidents and chancellors at the time, Daniels suggested they agree to share a portion of their anticipated TV spoils with academics, he recalled.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 5, 2025

Over five years at the OBR Richard Hughes faced five chancellors, and his relationship with all of them was designed to help promote UK economic stability.

From BBC Dec. 1, 2025

Yet exercise of this power, with respect to which, as Lord Coke expressed it, "the jurors are chancellors," has made the jury an unsatisfactory tribunal in many classes of cases.

From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Roscoe Pound




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