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chancellor

[chan-suh-ler, -sler, chahn-] / ˈtʃæn sə lər, -slər, ˈtʃɑn- /






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Bob Cryan, the Vice Chancellor of the university, said Stewart was "very proud" of being chancellor and his success never changed him.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Mr. Peterson was succeeded as chancellor last year by the psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

His conciliatory personality led to administrative posts—he would become the provost of King’s College in 1905 and the vice chancellor of Cambridge in 1913.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The chancellor saw at close quarters Gordon Brown do this twice two decades ago.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

“They were asking. The lord chancellor and the others.”

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

Five of UC’s nine undergraduate campuses also have new chancellors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

Commissioner Brett Yormark hastily scheduled a meeting with the league’s athletic directors, presidents and chancellors later this week to discuss the outcome.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

Over the same period, seven foreign secretaries, six chancellors of the exchequer and four cabinet secretaries.

From BBC ● May 16, 2026

But the Big Ten school chancellors and presidents soon ran into a dilemma of their own making.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

American state courts sought to turn the principles by which the chancellors were wont to exercise their discretion into hard and fast rules of jurisdiction.

From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Roscoe Pound


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