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as in chairperson
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 spokesperson
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 lecturer
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 speaker
Visitors can also find door prizes, raffles, expert speakers and demonstrations, American Orchid Society judging and displays over the course of three days at the Florida National Armory in Orlando.
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Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 June 2025
The best-selling speaker is constructed with a slim racetrack woofer and special components, like neodymium magnets, that minimize distortion but deliver crisp, bass-intense, and room-filling audio.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 3 June 2025
Roberts and the Judicial Conference should demand these, and the speaker of the House and majority leader of the Senate must agree to seek them.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2025
The inspirational speaker will be Lisa Grigg from Weatherford, Texas.
—Deb Harvell, Arkansas Online, 25 May 2025
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Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 June 2025
The best-selling speaker is constructed with a slim racetrack woofer and special components, like neodymium magnets, that minimize distortion but deliver crisp, bass-intense, and room-filling audio.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 3 June 2025
Roberts and the Judicial Conference should demand these, and the speaker of the House and majority leader of the Senate must agree to seek them.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2025
The inspirational speaker will be Lisa Grigg from Weatherford, Texas.
—Deb Harvell, Arkansas Online, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speaker
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Throughout her career, the elder Austin released over 50 home video workouts and served as chairperson of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition from 2002 to 2009.—
Andy Frye,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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Wintour is also widely regarded as the most powerful woman in publishing and is the lead chairperson of the Met Gala.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
5 May 2025
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The 24-foot boat had sunk in the Sacramento River three weeks ago, near the Virgin Sturgeon Restaurant & Marina, according to Eric Laughlin, a spokesperson for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.—
Ethan Wolin,
Sacbee.com,
6 June 2025
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In a statement to the Star-Telegram, a Keller spokesperson said only one candidate applied.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 June 2025
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The moderator and the three speakers consisted of: Moderator: Dr. Kilian M Pohl, AI4MH Lead, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Major Labs and Incubator) and, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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The tension at Dorchester’s packed Prince Hall started as the moderator, Yawu Miller of Flipside News, was posing a rather loaded question about immigration to the four candidates taking part in the second forum of the mayoral race, Kraft, Mayor Michelle Wu, Domingos DaRosa, and Robert Cappucci.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
29 May 2025
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The Google spokesman confirmed that situations where attackers both compromise an account and change passwords etc to prevent the real owner from logging in do happen.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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The total cost for the 143rd Street widening is about $72.6 million and $6.2 million has already been spent, county spokesman Mike Theodore said.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2025
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Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens and the front office have a challenging job ahead.—
Danny Leroux,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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With his latest victory, Mulgrew, the UFT president since 2009, has won six consecutive elections, but by increasingly smaller margins.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
31 May 2025
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House Select Committee on the CCP chairman Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI), for example, called on the banks to drop their deal with CATL.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
30 May 2025
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Zaher Jabarin, based in mainly in Turkey, plays a crucial role in overseeing Hamas's financial network, and Muhammad Ismail Darwish, chairman of the Hamas Shura Council and also in Qatar, is another influential member, particularly responsible for managing foreign relations.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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“Speaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speaker. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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