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[cheef] / tʃif /




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OpenAI hired Jill Hazelbaker, Uber’s president and chief corporate affairs officer, to the newly created role of chief corporate affairs officer, responsible for the ChatGPT maker’s communications, reputation and positioning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

Bill Shiebler -- chief strategy officer at the non-profit State Voices, a network of advocates for civic engagement and equity -- told AFP the night was "a huge rebuke against hate and division."

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

Bessent has been known recently to keep Wall Street on its toes, foregoing the “regular and predictable” approach favored by his predecessors, wrote Stephen Stanley, chief U.S. economist at Santander U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

None of these races were all that close, and those were just the chief battlegrounds.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

General Maxwell Taylor, chief of staff of the U.S.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

As Intterra began hearing both the admiration fire chiefs had for Watch Duty and their frustration with it, the company started designing the Aware app.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Hegseth, speaking before a meeting with defence chiefs from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Cebu, praised what he called the region's "pragmatism" and "proud nationalism".

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Its heads, Katz and David Fenkel, keep remarkably low profiles for studio chiefs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Some endowment chiefs are looking to manage expectations after this year’s gains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Tata Ndu’s assistant chiefs began counting the pebbles right away.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver


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