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as in chairpersons
a person in charge of a meeting
all questions and comments should be directed to the chair
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as in helms
the place of leadership or command
the chair of the English department at the university
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Recent Examples of chairs
The furniture is more traditional than trendy—think beige walls, wood accents, and leather reading chairs.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Apr. 2026
Other chairs are covered in a lighter-colored fabric.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2026
Applicants drop in without appointments and wait in two rows of plastic chairs for their names to be called.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
The hall was already filling up with more than two hundred historians, who sat in chairs in front of an elevated platform for the speakers.
—Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
Nuccio took a roll of film into a meadow and placed two thrift store chairs across from each other.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 1 Apr. 2026
Ergonomic chairs, a desk made of rich materials, and a new way to work from home comfortably.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 31 Mar. 2026
Unlike other, more lounge-ready chairs on this list, Article’s Winslow chair offers a more upright seat.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 31 Mar. 2026
Haddad co-chairs the Higher Education Subcommittee of the legislature’s Appropriations Committee.
—Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2026
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Apr. 2026
Other chairs are covered in a lighter-colored fabric.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2026
Applicants drop in without appointments and wait in two rows of plastic chairs for their names to be called.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
The hall was already filling up with more than two hundred historians, who sat in chairs in front of an elevated platform for the speakers.
—Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
Nuccio took a roll of film into a meadow and placed two thrift store chairs across from each other.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 1 Apr. 2026
Ergonomic chairs, a desk made of rich materials, and a new way to work from home comfortably.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 31 Mar. 2026
Unlike other, more lounge-ready chairs on this list, Article’s Winslow chair offers a more upright seat.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 31 Mar. 2026
Haddad co-chairs the Higher Education Subcommittee of the legislature’s Appropriations Committee.
—Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chairs
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With seven Republican members of the Oklahoma Legislature campaigning for statewide office, GOP leaders have kept those lawmakers in their leadership positions or as committee chairpersons, a reversal of policies instituted by previous House speakers or Senate pro tempores.—
Paul Monies,
Oklahoma Watch,
21 Jan. 2026
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Menin, an Upper East Side Democrat who’s seen as a centrist counterweight to Mayor Mamdani’s administration, is expected to make the appointments at a Council meeting Thursday where picks for all of the body’s other committee chairpersons will also be announced, the sources said.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
15 Jan. 2026
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Charlie Day helms Luigi, Jack Black is Bowser, Kevin Michael Richardson as Kamek and Keegan-Michael Key will play Toad.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
10 Mar. 2026
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Behind the camera, Berman and Pulcini direct the first two episodes, while Francesca Gregorini helms episodes three, six and seven, and Josephine Bornebusch takes on episodes four and five.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2026
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Republicans have six-year limits on their chairmen, while Democrats have no term limits.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Mar. 2026
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Membership co-chairmen are Sharon Woodward and Joyce Rogers.—
Sharon Hlapcich,
Oc Register,
17 Feb. 2026
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Too many department heads are cronies, not experienced experts.—
Hal Valderhaug,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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Peach heads for the Galaxy Gateway with Toad (Keegan-Michael Key), while Mario, Luigi and their new dino pal Yoshi (Donald Glover) hold things down with the ‘shrooms … for a while anyway.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
4 Apr. 2026
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Presidential libraries are one of the few ways sitting presidents can solicit foreign donations — without ever having to disclose their donors.—
Claire Heddles,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
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Women only make up about 20% of hospital presidents in the United States.—
Stephanie Stahl,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Mills’ sacking is said to be one of the final decisions of outgoing BBC boss Tim Davie, who passes the reins to interim director-general Rhodri Talfan Davies this week.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Apr. 2026
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Her mom, Nadine Anderson, gave her full reins over the project.—
Shagun Khare,
The Spruce,
31 Mar. 2026
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Wikipedia has updated its editing policies to make clear to all site moderators that they are not allowed to use large language models to generate Wikipedia content.—
Jon Martindale,
PC Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
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Group moderators lead monthly motivational challenges that users can sign up for.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Chairs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chairs. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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