chairman
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The tour's board - comprised of chairman Andrea Gaudenzi, four tournament representatives and four player representatives - will vote on the plans at next month's ATP Finals in Turin.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
In a press release, the fast-food chain called Jiang its chairman in Xinjiang, while Chinese media, citing the company, described him as McDonald’s franchise partner there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Rob Arnott, chairman of Syzygy Asset Management, says the perceived AI winners of today may be far from reality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Abdallah is a natural leader, said Alan Barker, chairman of the Mighty Cosmos, and the kind of person who receives total respect from the other players.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
“Mrs. Baker, you know Mr. Bradbrook, of course, the chairman of the school board. And Mr. Smilzo. And you know Mrs. Sidman, who has just returned from Connecticut and been appointed to our school board.”
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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“Fed chairmen don’t get those seven votes just by showing up,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026
The company has now had four chief executives and three chairmen since 2023, including interim roles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 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 wrote a note to all the chairmen of English departments who had offered me jobs.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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At Edinburgh in 1910 he chairmaned the great interdenominational world conference, out of which evolved in 1920 the I.M.C., which he has headed ever since.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Except for Joseph Patrick Kennedy, who chairmaned the Commission for its first ten months and got it off to a handsome start, he has been its only boss.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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As such he supervised the corporation's financial affairs, chairmaned some of its most important committees.
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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 Francis Lynde
Before the Appropriations subcommittee chairmanned by Colorado's compact little Senator Adams, Alabama's gift to the drama tossed aside her blue felt hat, perched herself on the table and read a prepared statement.
From Time Magazine Archive
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In 1941 he chairmanned the U.S.O.'s $10 million fund-raising drive.
From Time Magazine Archive
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His plan: an Industry Council made up of an equal number of representatives from management and S. W. O. C., chairmanned by a Government man.
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Directly behind the 13-man labor committee, chairmanned by Utah's bald and scholarly Elbert Duncan Thomas, sat Mrs. Taft placidly knitting on a sweater for a grandson.
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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
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The Legislative Branch, Sections 4–6
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