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chief

[cheef] / tʃif /




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The former AI researcher and filmmaker has been urging Google DeepMind’s chief executive, Demis Hassabis, to commit to ending the AI race.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

Chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan set out to be "number one" while chief executive David Hopkinson's aim was to be "in the debate about being the top club in the world" by 2030.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

FAHA, a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine and the associate chief of Cardiology for Research at the University of California, San Francisco Health.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

Aayush Agarwal, founder and chief executive of Snabbit, said flexible hours were key to the platform's popularity among workers.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

His chief occupation when awake was finding his food in the groping dark of his storerooms and eating it, which was a sort of tiresome ritual, a solemn munching.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig

Defence chiefs have been emphasising the importance of learning the lessons from the war in Ukraine.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Neil Gray told the BBC that fire chiefs told him they had access to "all the resources needed" to contain the Cairngorms blaze.

From BBC Jul. 20, 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

In this, he has made it clear he is trying to emulate former Fed chiefs Paul Volcker and Alan Greenspan, who both tried to say as little as possible in public.

From MarketWatch Jul. 11, 2026

The chiefs blush was hidden by the white and red clay Into his uncertain silence the tribe spilled their murmur once more.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding




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