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[chair-muhn] / ˈtʃɛər mən /


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This slight adjustment, suggested by Ken Tropin, chairman of the firm which he founded in 1994, had a positive contribution in a few asset classes.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

The Apple chairman met European Parliament President Roberta Metsola earlier on Tuesday as well as EU lawmakers focused on children's safety.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

He served as an MP for five years before becoming Conservative Party deputy chairman.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Mr. Philipson served as a member and acting chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers 2017-20 and serves on Anthropic’s Economic Advisory Board.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Durham School Board chairman Theodore Speigner, the first African-American to hold that office, attended the meeting.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

The term lasts four years, but most chairmen serve longer and there are no term limits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

“Fed chairmen don’t get those seven votes just by showing up,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026

Manifold’s abrupt departure adds to BP’s leadership turmoil, which has seen four CEOs and three chairmen since 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

Most chairmen leave when their terms expire, but they do not have to -- and Powell could remain a governor until 2028.

From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026

I started calling department chairmen to ask for another week, another ten days—‘more time to reach a decision’— to avoid the decision I would have to make.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

It provides that all legal disputes which may arise between Austria and Czechoslovakia are to be submitted to an impartial commission chairmaned by an appointee of the Swiss Government.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Manhattan last week famed, forthright Physiologist Anton J. Carlson of the University of Chicago chairmaned a meeting aimed at overcoming this situation.

From Time Magazine Archive

At Edinburgh in 1910 he chairmaned the great interdenominational world conference, out of which evolved in 1920 the I.M.C., which he has headed ever since.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Senate committee, chairmaned by Florida's New-Dealing Pepper, proposed to do something to better the nation's health.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was late in the afternoon of the same day that the Federative Council sent its committee, chairmaned by Engineer Scott, to interview the ex-general manager at his rooms in the Clarendon.

From The Grafters by Francis Lynde

Before the Appropriations subcommittee chairmanned by Colorado's compact little Senator Adams, Alabama's gift to the drama tossed aside her blue felt hat, perched herself on the table and read a prepared statement.

From Time Magazine Archive

On that date the Quintuplets' Board of Guardians, chairmanned by Ontario Surrogate H. R. Valin, will hand them over for future bringing up to the gentle Grey Nuns of Ontario's Pembroke Diocese.

From Time Magazine Archive

Two interests which did not think themselves sufficiently respected were the protective bondholders' committee headed by Vice President John W. Stedman of Prudential Insurance Co. and an independent committee chairmanned by Historian Charles A. Beard.

From Time Magazine Archive

For four years he has chairmanned the Federal Council's Commission on a Just and Durable Peace.

From Time Magazine Archive

Owen D. Young chairmanned a committee to raise $1.000,000.

From Time Magazine Archive




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