White House

noun

1
: a residence of the president of the U.S.
2
: the executive department of the U.S. government

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Trump thanked President Joe Biden for a smooth transition of power during their White House meeting. Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024 Eugene Paschal Danville Non-voters put Trump back in White House Donald Trump got 74 million votes in 2020. Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024 Will a Trump White House be good or bad for investors? Melvin Backman, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024 None of this means mergers won’t happen or that Trump’s White House will be tougher than Biden’s in terms of regulation. Josef Adalian, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for White House 

Word History

Etymology

the White House, mansion in Washington, D.C., assigned to the use of the president of the U.S.

First Known Use

1811, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of White House was in 1811

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“White House.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/White%20House. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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