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trustee

[truh-stee] / trʌˈsti /


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David Panzirer, a trustee of the Helmsley Charitable Trust, resigned in protest as a board observer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Former supermodel Naomi Campbell won a legal challenge on Thursday to overturn a five-year ban on being a charity trustee after a panel accepted she had been the victim of deception.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Campbell must take some responsibility for failures to maintain minutes and file accounts on time - but that was not enough to disqualify the model as a charity trustee, the tribunal said.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Employees, exhibitors, basic cable distributors and others could report concerns to the trustee or to the states, and the combined company would be barred from retaliating against them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

“Certainly. In fact, as a trustee of the Lemoncello Library, you are duty bound to come to me with any and all questions you might have.”

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

Campbell appealed, saying one of her fellow trustees, lawyer Bianka Hellmich, forged her signature and impersonated her using a fake email address to misdirect money that was intended for the charity.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Seven candidates are vying for Seat 4 on the board of trustees for the Los Angeles Community College District, where they will oversee some 200,000 students and an annual budget around $10 billion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Trusts are usually written in very conditional, flexible language to account for all future possible scenarios and last through several generations of trustees and beneficiaries.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

The law established a board of trustees to administer the new institution and defined its membership, powers and responsibilities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

“My name is Tiffany Halliday, and I am one of the trustees of this account. I would suggest you be truthful in responding to all of my questions. Now, who found the key?”

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson

It marked a stark change from April 2016, when the university’s board of trusteed voted to keep the former president’s name on campus buildings and programs.

From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2020

Last week United's directors proposed that stock in the company be trusteed for 15 years to assure local control.

From Time Magazine Archive

The National Association of Manufacturers notes that scandals have centered in labor and jointly controlled welfare funds, insists that trusteed company pension plans should be left alone.

From Time Magazine Archive

All the trusteed stock was voted in a block in favor of the plan, Trustee Thornley being unable to swing the other three trustees to his side.

From Time Magazine Archive

In February, 1918, all but 23 shares were obtained, trusteed and a "plan of mutualization" was practically accomplished.

From Time Magazine Archive

She informed the executors that she wished to make over half her property to the old man, trusteeing it so that it should descend to his nephew.

From Overland by J. W. (John William) De Forest

I know that I registered a vow that I would never again be trustee of anything without trusteeing it in fact.

From The Making of an American by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis




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