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chief

[cheef] / tʃif /




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The fund's chief economist Silvana Tenreyro noted this week that global trade rose 8.3 percent between 2023 and 2025 -- a figure she said would be closer to 4.6 percent without AI-related products.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

Carl Weinberg, chief economist at High Frequency Economics, wrote that he thinks the latest inflation data will prompt enough Fed policymakers to pivot to support the October and December option.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026

So goes the criteria for a role working as chief of staff to Vinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures, the renowned venture firm that’s backed companies including OpenAI, Stripe and DoorDash.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Sam Altman, chief executive of OpenAI, posted a series of screenshots on X in 2025 that showed him asking Tesla for a refund of his Roadster reservation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Suddenly the chief interrogator’s eye fell on Father.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Meeting with his security chiefs on Tuesday, Bulgaria's prime minister said: "Another attack on merchant ships in the immediate vicinity of Bulgarian territorial waters is absolutely unacceptable".

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Mr. Netanyahu entered the situation room to receive a briefing from the military chiefs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

As part of the merger, there have already been several management shakeups, including the exit of Warner Bros. film chiefs Pam Abdy and Michael De Luca.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Representatives for the family are interviewing candidates for investment chiefs, investment committee members, advisers and heads of investments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Purple was used by Japanese diplomats, which meant it carried the very highest-grade secrets.To protect those secrets, Japan's coding chiefs had outdone themselves.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield


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