Thesaurus results for SPEAKERS

speakers

noun

plural of speaker

as in chairpersons

a person in charge of a meeting the speaker announced that it was time for the club to move on to another matter

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as in spokesmen

a person who speaks for another or for a group unofficially chose a speaker to broach the subject with the supervisor of the department

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as in lecturers

a person who makes usually formal public speeches the after-dinner speaker was a career diplomat who regaled us with humorous anecdotes from his travels abroad

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Recent Examples of speakers But beyond just the legal battles and headlines, speakers on Sunday also focused on the more personal impact for people one year later. — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 19 Oct. 2026 The legal questions are also different from those raised by earlier smart speakers and voice assistants. — Mackenzie Sigalos,annie Palmer, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2026 The august speakers included an Oxford don, a Harvard strategy professor, a New York Times reporter, and … me, the lone representative for the young and technologically adept, unencumbered by conventional wisdom. — Jeff Degraff, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026 Speakers urge early votes A series of speakers on stage pushed a message to get out the vote ahead of the midterm elections in November. — Dominick Williams, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026 Two former speakers, Nancy Pelosi and Newt Gingrich are Catholics, as is John Boehner, who invited Pope Francis to address Congress. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026 The policy prohibited speakers from directing remarks to individual council members and restricted comments considered personal or abusive. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026 Amenities include a Morso wood stove, a turntable with speakers, and a living room stocked with puzzles and games. — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2026 Older brother Kurt Busch, team owner Joe Gibbs and Kyle’s wife Samantha Busch were among the speakers, as well as current NASCAR drivers Kyle Larson and Austin Dillon. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 10 Oct. 2026

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Noun

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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Academic titleholders at Cornell -- including professors, senior lecturers, librarians, archivists and others -- are eligible to be senators, who serve three-year terms.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
After more than a year of negotiations and a proposal from the CSU to increase salaries by 3%, the California Faculty Association — which represents about 29,000 professors, lecturers, librarians, counselors and coaches — declared impasse in July.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of lecturers

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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

Noun

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

Definition of chairmen

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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

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