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chief

[cheef] / tʃif /




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That could include chief medical officers and chief nursing officers, as well as heads of surgery, emergency rooms, oncology, obstetrics, cardiology and other specialties, they say.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Hilton and Becerra will now spend the next few months battling to become California's chief executive.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Horton is the 28-year-old co-founder and chief executive of TensorWave.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Such allegations surfaced in a 2023 civil case brought by the Justice companies’ former chief of environmental compliance Robert Fowler.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

Klavdiya Ilushina, the regiment’s chief engineer, was staying with a local family who’d made her a delicious Easter dinner that included eggs and cake.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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