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Recent Examples of president
The United States has reelected Donald Trump as president.
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Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 10 Nov. 2024
Crane, the board president, is ahead with 50.5% of the vote.
—Alexcia Negrete, Orange County Register, 9 Nov. 2024
The former president's public addresses have seemingly become more disjointed and unfocused in recent months, something The New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman raised on CNN's The Source show last month.
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
The last time North Carolina backed a Democrat for president was in 2008, when former President Barack Obama won.
—Lucia Suarez Sang, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2024
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Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 10 Nov. 2024
Crane, the board president, is ahead with 50.5% of the vote.
—Alexcia Negrete, Orange County Register, 9 Nov. 2024
The former president's public addresses have seemingly become more disjointed and unfocused in recent months, something The New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman raised on CNN's The Source show last month.
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
The last time North Carolina backed a Democrat for president was in 2008, when former President Barack Obama won.
—Lucia Suarez Sang, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for president
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Marcus was Home Depot’s CEO until 1997 and served as the company’s chairman until his retirement in 2002.Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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His father, Joseph Kennedy, made a large fortune as an investor, and also was appointed by Franklin Delano in 1934 Roosevelt as the first chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. 3.Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Daniel Sanders, director of Legal Services at Radiant Futures in Fullerton, recently was named chairperson for the Orange County Family Violence Council.Samantha Gowen, Orange County Register, 4 Nov. 2024
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While technically there is no obligation for an incumbent chairperson to resign upon a change in either Congressional or White House leadership that has been the case previously.Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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Following his debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump lashed out at ABC over the moderators' fact-checking efforts.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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In other words, moderators in Reddit who remove comments that run afoul of their own political views.Matthew Dolan, Detroit Free Press, 4 Nov. 2024
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“President.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/president. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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