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chancellor

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






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Orders for three floating dry docks, worth £6bn, to maintain the Royal Navy's nuclear-powered submarine fleet at Faslane will go to a UK-based shipbuilder, the chancellor has confirmed.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Ms. Merkel, who served as chancellor from 2005 through 2021, was for years treated as the great grown-up of Western politics: steady, pragmatic, reassuringly unexcitable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

But the chancellor is now facing two big decisions before his inaugural Budget on 28 October.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

The question for the chancellor is whether better consumer and business spirits can be reconciled with the need for a "challenging" Budget?

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Exactly twelve years ago to this day, January 30, he was appointed chancellor of Germany.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

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

Before Jenrick's defection, both Tice and Yusuf had been considered potential chancellors in a future Reform government.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026

Cases of hardship, which the early chancellors would certainly have relieved, were passed over by later judges, simply because no precedent could be found for their interference.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various




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