as in chairperson
a person in charge of a meeting
the moderator should make sure that everyone gets a chance to speak
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Recent Examples of moderator
Author Dionne Nicholls-Germain served as the panel’s moderator.
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Jared McCallister, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025
The early morning of Jan. 28, E25 started having seizures before falling out of the nest, moderators shared.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
But the duo will be part of a regular ensemble that also includes political insight from Face the Nation moderator Margaret Brennan and immersive weather reports from chief weathercaster Lonnie Quinn.
—Kyler Alvord, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
The moderator accused me of being pro-Nazi, banned me permanently for life, and deleted all my past posts from the 'comics' subreddit.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
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Jared McCallister, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025
The early morning of Jan. 28, E25 started having seizures before falling out of the nest, moderators shared.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
But the duo will be part of a regular ensemble that also includes political insight from Face the Nation moderator Margaret Brennan and immersive weather reports from chief weathercaster Lonnie Quinn.
—Kyler Alvord, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
The moderator accused me of being pro-Nazi, banned me permanently for life, and deleted all my past posts from the 'comics' subreddit.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moderator
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The caller IDs appeared to come from Kathy Sullivan, the former chairperson of the New Hampshire Democratic Party, who was running a pro-Biden write-in campaign at the time.—
Michael Dorgan,
Fox News,
18 Feb. 2025
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Photos contained in the indictment show Medina, a former chairperson of the city Board of Correction, allegedly accepting an envelope of cash from Hu at one of the hotels used to house people released from jail during the pandemic.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Ukraine's president said the death toll among civilians is difficult to estimate as the war rages.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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Now, by merely signing documents in the Oval Office, the president can impose economic penalties far more severe than the blockades and embargoes of old.—
Edward Fishman,
The Atlantic,
24 Feb. 2025
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Brown was just the second Black general to serve as chairman.—
Will Weissert,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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By late last week, President Trump had decided to fire Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and replace him with one of two very different candidates, according to two administration officials.—
Eric Schmitt,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Moderator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moderator. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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