as in chairperson
a person in charge of a meeting
the moderator should make sure that everyone gets a chance to speak
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Check out the full list of screenings and moderators.
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 13 May 2025
Though moderators control questioning during such forums, too, candidates have a tendency to end up chiming in on each other’s answers when seated next to each other.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025
The moderator asked her about her declaration, made eight years ago, to work with a female director every 18 months; in those eight years, she’s actually worked with 27 (in Australia, math is different).
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 18 May 2025
Fill-in moderator Joy Behar took over for Goldberg on Wednesday's telecast, which Goldberg missed due to her sickness.
—Joey Nolfi Published, EW.com, 15 May 2025
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 13 May 2025
Though moderators control questioning during such forums, too, candidates have a tendency to end up chiming in on each other’s answers when seated next to each other.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025
The moderator asked her about her declaration, made eight years ago, to work with a female director every 18 months; in those eight years, she’s actually worked with 27 (in Australia, math is different).
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 18 May 2025
Fill-in moderator Joy Behar took over for Goldberg on Wednesday's telecast, which Goldberg missed due to her sickness.
—Joey Nolfi Published, EW.com, 15 May 2025
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Trump has additionally proposed a 12 percent budget cut to the Smithsonian that would leave both the Anacostia Community Museum and the National Museum of the American Latino unfunded, and has appointed himself chairperson of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
10 June 2025
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What do other experts say? Margherita Fontana, a dentist and the chairperson of the Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences & Endodontics at the University of Michigan, said fluoride is used in the United States in a way that is safe and effective.—
Romy Ellenbogen,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2025
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In documents submitted to the court this week, the president’s lawyers argued that such conditions did exist in Los Angeles, making the deployments legal.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2025
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While the president, first lady and other MAGA A-listers received a mixed reception, drag performers Tara Hoot, Mari Con Carne, Ricky Rosé and Vagenesis entered to applause and cheers from the crowd.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
12 June 2025
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Hegseth planned to appear before the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee alongside Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, and acting Pentagon Comptroller Bryn Woollacott MacDonnell to discuss the administration's upcoming 2026 budget request.—
Anne Flaherty,
ABC News,
10 June 2025
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Luis Dávila Pernas, the party’s chairman, made the endorsement official in a new campaign ad that Cuomo’s team was set to air on television and digital platforms during Sunday’s Puerto Rican Day Parade in Manhattan.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
8 June 2025
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“Moderator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moderator. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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