Adjective the chief engineer on the project Her job is their chief source of income. He has many concerns, chief among them his health. Noun the chief of the estate was left to the eldest son our chief is out on a business trip right now
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Adjective
That pace is certain to grow as more psychiatrists come on board, said Connie Draxler, acting chief deputy director for the Department of Mental Health.Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022 But that support wasn't a reason to pass the case to another judge, said Gleicher, who also serves as chief judge on the Michigan Court of Appeals. Ed White, ajc, 7 Sep. 2022 The criminal case against the man charged with stabbing author Salman Rushdie involves so much potential evidence that prosecutors need more time to review it, the chief prosecutor said Wednesday.CBS News, 7 Sep. 2022 There is tension between the chef and the chief stew. Darren Franich, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2022 Jared Sine is chief business affairs & legal officer at Match Group. Jared Sine For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 6 Sep. 2022 Fraser broke down in tears during the reception, a video of which shared by Variety co-editor in chief Ramin Setoodeh on Twitter has earned over 15.5 million views and counting. Zack Sharf, Variety, 6 Sep. 2022 If Du, who sits in Reno and is the chief judge for the federal courts in Nevada, declines, the court battle could rage on. Daniel Moore, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Sep. 2022 The angel, who appears to be a conglomeration of Car and Driver editor-in-chief Tony Quiroga and the entire Hearst legal department, shakes its head. Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 5 Sep. 2022
Noun
During her reign, Queen Elizabeth met with more than a dozen U.S. presidents, including every American commander-in-chief since Harry Truman (with the exception of Lyndon Johnson). Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2022 Prosecutors abruptly rested their case-in-chief last week after calling only four out of the five Kelly accusers whom jurors were expected to hear from. Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022 Prior to that move, Hernandez was the co-founder and editor-in-chief of IndieWire, which, like Variety, is also owned by Penske Media Company. Brent Lang, Variety, 7 Sep. 2022 Dotdash Meredith promoted People deputy editor Wendy Naugle to editor-in-chief; her predecessor Liz Vaccariello moves to a corporate editorial leadership role. Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2022 With nods of gratitude in his title to Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison, Edward Enninful, the first Black editor-in-chief of British Vogue, steps into full visibility. Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2022 They were joined in Williams' box by her husband, Alexis Ohanian, her mother, Oracene Price, and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2022 Perry was recently named editor-in-chief of The Indianapolis Recorder, the fourth-oldest surviving Black newspaper in the country. Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Aug. 2022 Sallie Permar is pediatrician-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital and chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine. Sallie Permar And Jay K. Varma, STAT, 27 Aug. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun and Adjective
Middle English, from Anglo-French chief, chef head, chief, from Latin caput head — more at head