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chair

[chair] / tʃɛər /
NOUN
single-seat furniture
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Lucy Duckworth, policy lead for The Survivors Trust who will chair the meeting, said it "represents a significant and hard-earned milestone for survivors".

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

More than any other chair since Arthur Burns, who led the Fed under President Richard Nixon, Powell faced an extreme amount of pressure from the executive branch.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

For Season 5, Gower, visual effects supervisor Betsy Paterson and the Duffer Brothers reimagined “Vecna 2.0” with a combination of prosthetics and visual effects, which reduced Bower’s time in the makeup chair to three hours.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Higher prices were reported by 66.3% of respondents in May, down 4 percentage points from April’s 70.3%, said Susan Spence, chair of the ISM Manufacturing Business Survey Committee.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

I perch on the duct-taped arm of the chair next to him.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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