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chief
1. The head person.
2. The main thing.

"One of the chief causes of crime is poverty."

Word Entries containing the term: “chief”
chief justice (s) (noun), chief justices (pl)
The presiding or principal judge of a court: The chief justice possesses nominal authority over the other judges, such as the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Sony chief seems thwarted at every turn
thwarted:

"Divisions and rivalries within the group still prevent its many parts from working better together."

—The Global Edition of the New York Times, May 28-29, 2011; page 15.
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