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How can you use “chairperson” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
Then, too, there have been the campaigners who have gone to what some regard as opposite extremes: if the head of a committee is known to be a man or a woman, then chairman or chairwoman must surely be the proper denotation; if the sex of the person is not known, then chairperson , though awkward-sounding, is the preferred form.
Professor and Chairperson
A letter to the NYT from a woman reader rejects the use of the term "chairman" by women as part of their job titles, advocating instead "chairperson."
Yet, many prefer chair to chairperson on the grounds of brevity and because it avoids the awkwardness of the longer alternative.
But it is patently ridiculous to refer to someone whose sex is known as a chairperson . Chair should be reserved for the office of the chairperson, not the person holding the office.