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moderators

noun

plural of moderator

as in chairpersons

a person in charge of a meeting the moderator should make sure that everyone gets a chance to speak

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Recent Examples of moderators But Raman’s answers never meandered and weren’t too elliptical, even when she was pressed by the able moderators. — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 Excessive false positives also overwhelmed the human moderators trying to detect dangerous accounts. — Vicky Nguyen, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026 The candidate forum moderators noted that such proposals have failed in Congress at least 15 times since 2003. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026 Signpost, our digital information service, has reached 20 million people navigating the hardest moments of their lives, nearly 591,000 of them through one-to-one guidance from moderators, many displaced themselves. — Jeannie Annan, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026 Be sure to check out our first two articles in the series, which are about ads in PC monitors and social media’s AI moderators. — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 30 Sep. 2026 In the end, voters are choosing people for important jobs that don’t come with polite moderators and audience applause cues. — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026 Some immersive experiences feel valuable only while new rooms, objects, events and moderators keep arriving; revenue may grow linearly while production cost compounds. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026 The six accounts that the company’s moderators left up had shared many heinous videos, including a toddler being struck in the face with a frying pan, a girl being beaten with a baseball bat, and a baby being kicked. — Jon Christian, Futurism, 9 Sep. 2026

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There have been four different PCB chairpersons since 2022 and each has brought in a different vision and a new set of executives to run the board.

— Ahsan Iftikhar Nagi, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
The existing committee chairpersons are tasked with facilitating meetings and placing items on their agendas.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2026

Definition of chairpersons

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Not surprisingly, the legislation does nothing to curb the growth of compensation and other benefits for college presidents, athletics directors, coaches and staff who continue to be in charge of the athletes under their control.

— Bruce Svare, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2026
The summit drew a crowd of 150 including retail and brand CEOs and presidents, industry consultants and media, and at the dinner the night before, honored Martha Stewart with Wharton’s Retail Excellence Award.

— David Moin, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of presidents

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Hastert’s tenure was marked by a shift of power from committee chairmen to GOP leaders, fealty to the Bush administration and an explosion of congressional pet projects known as earmarks.

— Michael Tarm, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
And that means Republican committee chairmen and leaders control any effort to curtail them — not rank-and-file Democrats.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026

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