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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

The chancellor has warned against allowing Britain's benefits bill to balloon while not offering young people opportunities.

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

The chancellor is expected to announce £115m in funding for the ship, which is also set to come into service in the early 2030s.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

When Willi Weisskirch’s father came home from work and read the newspaper headline, he exclaimed, “Oh my God! Now there will be a war. Hitler is the chancellor now, and that means war!”

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Past chancellors worked hard to keep allies on board.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

In response, Burnham insisted: "This chancellor of all chancellors will be willing to provide that funding to our armed forces."

From BBC ● Sep. 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 five years at the OBR Richard Hughes faced five chancellors, and his relationship with all of them was designed to help promote UK economic stability.

From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025

It is notorious that bargains appeal differently to different chancellors in this respect.

From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Roscoe Pound




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