preside

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In theory, Powell will preside over his final interest-rate-setting meeting as Fed chair on April 28-29.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

His term ends on May 15, and before that Powell will preside over just two more rate-setting committee meetings: March 18 and April 29.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 19, 2026

Powell’s term as chair expires in May, meaning he will preside over the first three rate-setting meetings of 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

Ponnet also volunteered his time to preside over the annual ceremony and burial of the unclaimed dead in Boyle Heights, during which hundreds of L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2025

All royal authority seems to have ceased on the land, and the governors preside only over their floating town and this sickly island.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson