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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
The nine-foot-tall speakers are flanked by contemporary art installations that interact and respond with the music, making sound a synesthetic experience.
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Nathanael Gassett, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026
Rubio was the speaker of the Florida House from 2006 to 2008.
—Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
In today’s case, the two found the speaker and microphone busted.
—New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Two of the speakers, Sneha Revanur, a Stanford student and founder and CEO of Encode AI, and Nikki Iyer, a UC Berkeley student and co-chair of Design It For Us, spoke about efforts to rein in Big Tech and give young people more say over the technologies shaping their lives.
—Larry Magid, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026
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Nathanael Gassett, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026
Rubio was the speaker of the Florida House from 2006 to 2008.
—Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
In today’s case, the two found the speaker and microphone busted.
—New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Two of the speakers, Sneha Revanur, a Stanford student and founder and CEO of Encode AI, and Nikki Iyer, a UC Berkeley student and co-chair of Design It For Us, spoke about efforts to rein in Big Tech and give young people more say over the technologies shaping their lives.
—Larry Magid, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speaker
Noun
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There are six vacancies, including the chairperson.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
16 Apr. 2026
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The bill would designate the CCC chair as the person responsible for personnel and administrative matters at the agency and makes explicit that the executive director is to report directly to the chairperson.—
State House News Service,
Boston Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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The respective spokespersons for cities of Folsom, Elk Grove and Rancho Cordova declined to The Sacramento Bee to take a position on the Sacramento City Council’s Tuesday presentation, due in part because the city of Sacramento has not yet approached them.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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Ryan McMonigle, a spokesperson for the city, said in an email that the project would aim to separate east-west neighborhood traffic from the north-south commuter flow of the highway.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
28 Apr. 2026
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Six student teams from McDaniel College’s Entrepreneurship course, taught by adjunct lecturer in Economics and Business Administration Jonathan Pernell, competed for a $5,000 top prize by presenting their entrepreneurial ideas and innovative products to a panel of experts.—
Jeffrey F. Bill,
Baltimore Sun,
29 Apr. 2026
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Johnson has been traveling to South Florida for a week each month this semester as a visiting lecturer and co-teacher in a University of Miami political science class.—
Claire Heddles,
Miami Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
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The topics posed by the debate moderators touched on only a couple of those issues, and then too briefly to be significant.—
Dan Walters,
Oc Register,
23 Apr. 2026
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Alongside Variety moderator Marc Malkin, each panelist opened up about their journey to becoming an entrepreneur.—
Payton Turkeltaub,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
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Her general counsel is Craig Waters, who — as official spokesman for the Florida Supreme Court — was a national trailblazer in the push to make court records that once cost $1 a page available for free, online.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell had previously said that 92% of the Iranian navy's largest vessels had been destroyed.—
April 30,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Working with local police, the Secret Service conducted site reviews of the sprawling complex and established a security perimeter to prevent suspicious individuals from approaching the president and other VIP attendees.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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On Sunday, Juan Soto said the blame falls on the players — not on Mendoza or president of baseball operations David Stearns — after the Mets fell to 9-19, tied for the worst record in baseball.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2026
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But with the Paramount deal looming, the future of WBD appears to be set, and the letter from the chairman that accompanied the proxy filing reflects that.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Apr. 2026
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Davis is the chairman and CEO of Pirinate Consulting Group, a firm that specialized in turnaround management.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Speaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speaker. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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