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chairman

[chair-muhn] / ˈtʃɛər mən /


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She has also had to navigate internal volatility after the ousting of the company’s chairman in May, she adds.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Tim O'Malley, the chairman of Nationwide produce, said it was "as bad as its ever been" and that shoppers will likely see higher prices or smaller vegetables in supermarkets.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

A month later, it unexpectedly removed Albert Manifold as BP chairman, citing "serious concerns" about governance standards, oversight and conduct at the company, which he has denied.

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

Steve Pagliuca, a former chairman of Bain Capital, was among the first 110 members of Bond, all of whom are also investors in the company.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Lewis Strauss, who had succeeded Dean as AEC chairman, unjustly labeled the boat a likely “Red spy ship,” intensifying the furor in Japan and creating a very public black eye for the American testing program.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

To the chairmen of those committees, Sen. Chuck Grassley and Rep. Jim Jordan: What is taking so long?

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

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

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

In Manhattan last week famed, forthright Physiologist Anton J. Carlson of the University of Chicago chairmaned a meeting aimed at overcoming this situation.

From Time Magazine Archive

As such he supervised the corporation's financial affairs, chairmaned some of its most important committees.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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 Lynde, Francis

For four years he has chairmanned the Federal Council's Commission on a Just and Durable Peace.

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

That was bad news for Mississippi's Senator Stephens who was not only up for re-election but also chairmanned the Senate Committee before which the Thorp nomination was pending.

From Time Magazine Archive

Because of shrewdly worded British reservations the Import Duties Advisory Committee chairmanned by hatchet-faced, be-monocled Sir George May can up tariffs to protect any British industry which asked protection before the "truce" was signed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Owen D. Young chairmanned a committee to raise $1.000,000.

From Time Magazine Archive




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