Chaired

Word CHAIRED
Character 7
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Definitions and meanings of "Chaired"

What do we mean by chaired?

To act as chairperson at; to preside over.

To carry in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory.

To award a chair to (a winning poet) at a Welsh eisteddfod.

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The word "chaired" in example sentences

McCain chaired Gramm's short-lived presidential campaign in 1996; Gramm is co-chair of McCain's current effort. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The one-time event turned into an annual one: Chanin chaired last year's conference on American policy toward AIDS in developing countries, with a keynote by Doctors Without Borders founder Bernard Kouchner, and he is co-chairing this year's conference on human trafficking, which includes a semester-long academic course, an art exhibit and film festival, and travel grants for 75 students from around the country to join hundreds from the Chicago area. ❋ Unknown (2006)

His campaign manager routinely lobbied for corporations who had business before the Senate Commerce Committee that McCain chaired. ❋ Unknown (2008)

These already exist; they're called chaired positions. ❋ Luis Von Ahn (2009)

Please let the operator know you wish to participate in the West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. conference call chaired by Mr. Hank Ketcham, Chairman, President & CEO.

On that day there will be a conference call chaired by Terry Burman at 8.30 a.m.

Neither mass meetings nor committee meetings were "chaired" in the usual way of academic meetings. ❋ Diamond, Stanley (1970)

In Yorkshire, the event was celebrated by the victorious party with mad rejoicings, not the least remarkable being the behaviour of the people of Wakefield who, unable to do honour in person to the successful candidate, seized upon an old woman who lived on Clayton Hill and "chaired" her all round the town with wild enthusiasm. ❋ A. M. W. [Compiler] Stirling (N/A)

Mr. Gladstone was "chaired," or drawn by horses through the town, seated on ❋ Richard B. Cook (N/A)

A 1744 grand jury chaired by Benjamin Franklin estimated that one out of ten houses in Philadelphia “sell strong drink,” that most were “nurseries of vice and debauchery,” and because of the intense competition for customers, were in general “under greater temptation to entertain apprentices, servants, and even Negroes.” ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

It had been chaired by Willis Robertson of Virginia, the father of Pat Robertson, and he once told me he never voted for a bill that came out of his own committee. ❋ Walter F. Mondale (2010)

I had greatly admired Jack Kennedy; I chaired his presidential campaign in Minnesota in 1960 and was proud that Minnesota delivered its vote for him and helped tip a close national election his way. ❋ Walter F. Mondale (2010)

A third of the most religious fifth of the population report having chaired a meeting or given a speech in the previous year, which testifies to the remarkable role of religious organizations in providing opportunities to learn civic skills. ❋ Robert D. Putnam (2010)

In addition, highly religious Americans reported that they had “chaired a meeting or given a speech” an average of seven times in the previous year, compared to an average of four times for the most secular Americans. ❋ Robert D. Putnam (2010)

A representative from New Jersey who chaired the House Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Operations, he had been following the activities of U.S. technology companies in China for some months. ❋ Steven Levy (2011)

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