trustee
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He is a well-known civil litigator and University of La Verne trustee who formerly worked for the Southern California Assn. of Governments, a planning organization that represents six counties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
"Under the supervision of the commission, an independent trustee will monitor their implementation," it added.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Mosque trustee Zeynep Coskun said the King was "very kind"
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
With a blind trust, an appointed independent trustee has complete control, while the beneficiary isn’t permitted to offer any input or even know what’s being bought or sold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The door also opened once a day to let in the trustee from Medical Supply with a dose of some stinging yellow liquid from a very dirty bottle.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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It said that trustees had "listened carefully to feedback" and recognised the "clear need for change".
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Ohio’s attorney general last year filed a complaint against 14 trustees and officers of the college alleging they improperly used more than $2 million of restricted endowment funds outside donors’ intended purposes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Vinita Prabhakar filed a federal lawsuit against South Florida State College President Fred Hawkins and the school’s board of trustees, arguing her dismissal violated her First Amendment rights and academic freedom.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
I am not now privy to the thinking of Yale administrators and trustees.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
Also in attendance: Ms. McCrea and the head of the board of trustees, Mr. Thompson.
From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan
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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
Only other individual owner of trusteed stock is George H. Thornley, who has 39,000 shares.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Already the Government has got back from the Chase National Bank with which it was trusteed, the half million dollars which Jackson Barnett gave the Baptist Home missions.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The estate belongs not to him, is trusteed to his son John.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Largest single block of trusteed Ayer stock-234,000 shares -was held by President Fry.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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 Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)
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 De Forest, J. W. (John William)
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