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chief

[cheef] / tʃif /




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“Everyone is looking for surge capacity,” said Neelesh Tungar, chief executive of Kalyani Strategic Systems, an Indian industrial conglomerate.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

In two separate incidents, it alerted guards to men standing on rooftops who were able to be talked down, chief product officer Yuka Suzuki said.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

Allen also became chairman and chief executive of the company.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

Carl Banton, the MRA's chief operations director, said it was the biggest incident of its kind that the body had dealt with.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Suddenly the chief interrogator’s eye fell on Father.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Airport chiefs wants to add another 15,000 flights a year, raising their cap to 100,000.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

The role of prime minister does not typically include a say on military strategy or frontline operations, where Zelensky and his military chiefs call the shots.

From Barron's Jul. 12, 2026

Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s administration had been startled when Trudeau’s government discreetly asked British intelligence chiefs to start discussing how they might band together if the U.S. left Five Eyes, the U.S.-led intelligence-sharing alliance.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Forward guidance has been used by previous Fed chiefs to shape financial-market views on the economy and expectations for interest-rate changes.

From MarketWatch Jul. 1, 2026

The one thing we knew for sure—the new generation of chiefs had decided it was time for Fireball to die, and nothing I, or anyone else, said was going to have any impact.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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