as in chairperson
a person in charge of a meeting
I was unaccustomed to being the presider of anything larger than a departmental meeting
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Noun
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Alkire is the third chairperson to lead the tribe's ongoing and high-profile fight against the Enbridge Dakota Access Pipeline, citing threats to sacred land and water.—
Maggie McGrath,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025 -
An independent jury chaired by Paola Deda, chairperson of the U.N. Alliance for Sustainable Fashion and director at UNECE, will assign all the awards.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
23 July 2025
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The moderator is Beth Kassab, editor of the Winter Park Voice.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 July 2025
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Clients can select moderator styles such as a more business-like vs. a more casual style and tone, or a British accent vs. an American accent.—
Michelle Greenwald,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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Davis replaces Andrew Frick, who was serving as interim president of Ford Pro since last year.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
Freep.com,
31 July 2025
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Hoffa, who served as the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, was known to be heavily involved in organized crime and was thought to have been murdered by the Mafia.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
31 July 2025
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Last month, the railroad’s board of directors appointing former Delta Air Lines CEO and executive chairman Richard Anderson as the railroad’s new independent board chair.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
28 July 2025
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Meanwhile, Masai Ujiri, former vice chairman and president of the Toronto Raptors, was already a familiar face from their days on the junior national team.—
Sindiswa Mabunda,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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“Presider.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presider. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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