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chair

[chair] / tʃɛər /
NOUN
single-seat furniture
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Paul Snyder, who is chair of the College for Creative Studies’ transportation design program, said a temporary driver kit would require a “unique or heavily modified instrument panel on the driver side,” Snyder said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

Such jovial remarks from a smiling Maresca in news conferences are in contrast to predecessor Guardiola, who often looked like he would rather be anywhere else but in that chair.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

Still, when Ben Ashwell, chair and editor for our CFO and Technology Councils, asked about chief simulations officers—which Park once predicted would become common at Fortune 500 companies—Mandadi wasn’t buying it.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

The chair of the British Medical Association said on Tuesday that whistleblowers in the NHS "deserve strong protections, and the inquiry makes it clear that these doctors did not get them".

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

Upstairs on Tante Jans’s tall mahogany chair sat the lady who ran the rooming house where Otto lived.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Staging da capo arias is always a challenge, and Ms. Griffin often fell into the trap of extremes—Mr. Brownlee and Mr. Costanzo tossed chairs around, leaped acrobatically onto furniture and ripped things up—or stasis.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

One warning from experience: the folding chairs in the igloo were deeply uncomfortable, so ask if they can bring you one from inside.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2026

He also worked as a 'chairman' in nearby Bath, transporting sick and infirm people through the city's steep streets in wheelchairs and sedan chairs despite his own physical injuries.

From Science Daily Sep. 7, 2026

“I had an audition for a university, actually, where they threw chairs in front of me while I did the monologue and made me climb over the chairs,” Moore says, laughing.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2026

I ducked inside, where another girl—Amanda, presumably—led me between a couple of bookcases and into an area packed with dozens of folding chairs, almost half of them already occupied.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

He blamed the institution Powell chaired through almost all of that period.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

At the time, Keep Florida Clean was chaired by James Uthmeier, then DeSantis’ chief of staff and now Florida’s attorney general.

From Salon Aug. 30, 2026

The decisions were taken at an extraordinary meeting of the CCM, chaired by President Samia.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

A leading figure of the new generation of Italian capitalism, he also chaired Ray-Ban, one of EssilorLuxottica's most iconic brands, which also include Oakley, Persol and Oliver Peoples.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

Grabarek’s mayoral rival, Watts Carr, Jr., chaired the eleven-man body, which included two blacks.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

And there was an incident this week while McConnell was chairing his defense appropriations subcommittee hearing.

From Slate May 16, 2026

Josh Newman, 61, has been a state senator, including chairing the education committee, and a technology company executive.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

He would rather spend his energy volunteering, making art, going to operas and chairing the Council on Aging in North Andover, Mass., where he lives.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 7, 2026

The first G20 Summit was held in Washington under the leadership of President George W. Bush; in 2008, there was little, if any, debate about the U.S. chairing the gathering and the recovery coalition.

From Barron's Mar. 7, 2026

In the days leading up to the charrette, Durham’s two white newspapers also featured several in-depth stories about the event, many of them focusing on the odd couple chairing it.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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