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Recent Examples of president Surely some of them will be affected by the president’s restrictions on grant making for scientific research. Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2025 Of course, the president’s four 1898 acquisitions seemed to reflect the imperialist sensibility of the time. Robert W. Merry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025 Keith Sonderling, the president’s choice to be deputy secretary of Labor, cleared a committee confirmation vote along party lines in advance of consideration by the full Senate. Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 7 Mar. 2025 Barrett's role, in particular, as a potential foil on Trump's plans isn't lost on the president's most ardent supporters, many of whom directed their ire toward the conservative justice after Wednesday's ruling on foreign aid. Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for president
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  • Jim Marcum, currently CEO, will step into the role of executive chairman of David’s in addition to his current position as chairman of the board of directors.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Johnson, an ultra-ambitious Texas Democrat but a junior House member of the House Naval Affairs Committee (which became the House Armed Services Committee after World War II), correctly surmised the panel’s imperious chairman, Georgia Democrat Carl Vinson, wasn’t going anywhere.
    David Mark, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
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  • The board’s chairperson, Jennifer Hockenhull, declined to comment on the lawsuit.
    Danny Freeman, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
  • From left to right: Banco Santander executive chairperson Ana Botin, Bank of America chair and CEO Brian Moynihan, TotalEnergies chairman and CEO Patrick Pouyanne and Blackstone Group chair and CEO Stephen Schwarzman, during Trump's address at Davos.
    Alex Ledsom, Fortune Europe, 10 Feb. 2025
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  • In addition to writing, Michelle is a wine educator, moderator, and judge, and co-host of Just Getting Better podcast.
    Michelle Williams, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Try your hand as a Games moderator at the behind-the-scenes work that goes into the Games community forums.
    New York Times Games, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025

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