Thesaurus results for SPEAKER

speaker

noun

ˈspē-kər

Definition of speaker

as in chairperson

a person in charge of a meeting the speaker announced that it was time for the club to move on to another matter

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as in spokesperson

a person who speaks for another or for a group unofficially chose a speaker to broach the subject with the supervisor of the department

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as in lecturer

a person who makes usually formal public speeches the after-dinner speaker was a career diplomat who regaled us with humorous anecdotes from his travels abroad

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Recent Examples of speaker For side sleepers and anyone worried about ear health, Laird recommends a soft sleep headband with flat speakers or a pillow speaker because those keep the ear canal more open. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026 Flat-speaker headbands and pillow speakers are the safer pick for side sleepers and anyone worried about long-term in-ear exposure. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026 The whole time, music plays softly from speakers, and red hibiscus juice flows from pitchers into tall glasses. — Patricia Huon, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2026 Bose SoundLink Flex Bluetooth Speaker Deal Bose is famous in the audio world, particularly for its headphones and speakers. — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for speaker

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Noun

Among those gathered were Bedford Park star and Busan competition jury member Moon Choi, KPop Demon Hunters producer Agnes Lee and Korean Film Council (KOFIC) chairperson Sang-jun Han.

— Mathew Scott, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
The announcement — which was reported by local media and confirmed by Dubai sources — was made on Thursday by Mona Ghanem Al Marri, vice chairperson and managing director of the Dubai Media Council, during the Arab Media Summit.

— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026

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In the future, Wealthfront plans to expand geographically and to those who don't have an existing account, but don't have a timeline yet, a spokesperson told CNBC Select.

— Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
At press time a spokesperson for Judd had not returned Billboard‘s request for confirmation on the Mar-a-Lago date.

— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of spokesperson

Noun

After more than a year of negotiations and a proposal from the CSU to increase salaries by 3%, the California Faculty Association — which represents about 29,000 professors, lecturers, librarians, counselors and coaches — declared impasse in July.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Elizabeth Shackelford is a foreign affairs columnist for the Chicago Tribune and a lecturer with the Dickey Center at Dartmouth College.

— Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026

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The couple was issued letters that recommend disciplinary action following a sustained policy violation, Brent Weisberg, a spokesman for the Department of Public Safety, confirmed Friday.

— Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2026
University spokesman Nick Prevenas did not immediately respond to a request for more information about the criminal investigations on Wednesday.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of spokesman

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For Le Labo, Deborah Royer, global brand president and creative director, said the brand still operates with the mindset of an indie — even a dozen years post-acquisition.

— Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
El Sayed responded on social media, accusing Trump of using his name and faith to distract voters from the consequences of the president’s policies.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of president

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Gohar Khan, the party’s chairman, said days ago that negotiations remained deadlocked after two rounds.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
Take Niklas Adalberth, who used his wealth from co-founding Klarna to set up the impact investor Norrsken, or Karl-Johan Persson, H&M chairman and grandson of its founder, who regularly backs Swedish startups.

— Jan Larsson, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026

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