trustee
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For a gift such as this, the church board or trustee is likely to prioritize safety over returns.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
In March, New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, trustee of the state’s Common Retirement Fund, urged 18 tech companies including Amazon.com to engage residents and allay concerns around power prices, land use and water consumption.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
A lawsuit that accused an Orange County Board of Education trustee of choking and attacking a neighbor during a road rage incident has been dismissed, court records show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Former supermodel Naomi Campbell won a legal challenge on Thursday to overturn a five-year ban on being a charity trustee after a panel accepted she had been the victim of deception.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
“Back to your seats! We must appoint a new trustee and conclude our vote!”
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Ellah Wakatama, chair of the Caine Prize's board of trustees, said the matter had been investigated following an article in US magazine The Atlantic with the headline, Yet Another Literary Prizewinner Seems to Be AI.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
Seat are at large, meaning trustees do not represent a specific area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
The trustees estimate this will cover about 78% of scheduled payments by 2033.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
These estimates are even more severe than what the Social Security trustees suggested in June.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
But surely the new board of trustees could not have altered things so much, so quickly?
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
It marked a stark change from April 2016, when the university’s board of trusteed voted to keep the former president’s name on campus buildings and programs.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2020
All the trusteed stock was voted in a block in favor of the plan, Trustee Thornley being unable to swing the other three trustees to his side.
From Time Magazine Archive
According to President Batten & friends this right belongs to N. W. Ayer, the corporation, as owner of 117,000 trusteed shares.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two-thirds of the common stock has been trusteed to Robert De Forest, Haven Emereon, and myself to be used for philanthropic purposes when dividends are available, which is not yet the case.
From Time Magazine Archive
In February, 1918, all but 23 shares were obtained, trusteed and a "plan of mutualization" was practically accomplished.
From Time Magazine Archive
I know that I registered a vow that I would never again be trustee of anything without trusteeing it in fact.
From The Making of an American by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis
She informed the executors that she wished to make over half her property to the old man, trusteeing it so that it should descend to his nephew.
From Overland by J. W. (John William) De Forest
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The Inheritance Games
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The Legislative Branch, Sections 1–3
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