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chaired

  • past participle of chair.
  • past tense form of chair.

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OpenAI’s board is chaired by Bret Taylor, the former co-CEO of Salesforce and chief executive of the AI startup Sierra.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

Eddie Comeaux, a UC Riverside professor who chaired the system’s admissions board in 2020 when it recommended keeping the tests, said a committee had “significant” divisions on testing even though it ultimately favored it.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

Peltz formerly chaired the fast-food chain’s board, and he remains one of the company’s largest shareholders.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

His answer was to create another review - a national maternity inquiry chaired by Baroness Amos - to bring all those recommendations into a slate of smaller, more focused actions.

From BBC Jun. 24, 2026

Later that day—in a talk chaired by George Gey—Hayflick delivered a paper, on the “facts and theories” of spontaneous transformation of cells in culture.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot