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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

"The cost of doing business for our pubs and breweries is going ever upwards," said Emma McClarkin, chief executive of the BPPA.

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

From New York City came an offer of help, twelve hours after Stanton had asked its chief of police to send his finest detectives to Washington to help track the president’s killer.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson




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