as in chairpersons
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 moderators
Our machine moderators review HeyGen’s AI outputs first for any flags, including text, image, video, and consent, before a team of human moderators conducts final approvals for the most critical review points, improving the process with human feedback.
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Quora, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
The moderators spent more than an hour and a half questioning Vance and Walz before ever getting to the existential matter of American democracy.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
Tonight's moderators are news anchors Phil Sanchez and Dakarai Turner.
—Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Oct. 2024
The moderators are anchors Beairshelle Edme and Dan Spehler, the host of political programIN Focus.
—Brittany Carloni and Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Oct. 2024
The primary role of the moderators is to facilitate the debate between the candidates, enforce the rules, and provide the candidates with the opportunity to fact check claims made by each other.
—Stefan Becket, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
At the discretion of the moderators, candidates may get an additional minute each to continue a discussion.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
Candidates will be introduced by the moderators in order of incumbent party.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
As the immigration conversation devolved, with Vance repeatedly interrupting the moderators after their many attempts to move to the next topic (and Walz soon joining in), the candidates’ microphones were turned off.
—Kyler Alvord, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
Quora, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
The moderators spent more than an hour and a half questioning Vance and Walz before ever getting to the existential matter of American democracy.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
Tonight's moderators are news anchors Phil Sanchez and Dakarai Turner.
—Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Oct. 2024
The moderators are anchors Beairshelle Edme and Dan Spehler, the host of political programIN Focus.
—Brittany Carloni and Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Oct. 2024
The primary role of the moderators is to facilitate the debate between the candidates, enforce the rules, and provide the candidates with the opportunity to fact check claims made by each other.
—Stefan Becket, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
At the discretion of the moderators, candidates may get an additional minute each to continue a discussion.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
Candidates will be introduced by the moderators in order of incumbent party.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
As the immigration conversation devolved, with Vance repeatedly interrupting the moderators after their many attempts to move to the next topic (and Walz soon joining in), the candidates’ microphones were turned off.
—Kyler Alvord, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Moderators.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moderators. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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