: an official elected or appointed to act as chief executive or nominal head of a city, town, or borough
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the mayor of New York
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The public advocate is the next in line of succession to be mayor should the mayor have to step down for any reason.
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Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2025
Much can be achieved within these realities, especially with engaged and dynamic leadership manifested in the city’s young mayor.
—Garth Andrew Myers, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2025
Two months after her plan to build a new garbage incinerator came under attack by President Donald Trump’s son, Miami-Dade’s mayor is dropping her longtime fight for a new trash-burning facility and instead wants the county to explore building a new landfill somewhere else in Florida.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
Many of the governors and city mayors have voiced concerns over the logistics of such an operation, which will seek to target at least 11 million undocumented migrants.
—Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 26 Jan. 2025
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Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2025
Much can be achieved within these realities, especially with engaged and dynamic leadership manifested in the city’s young mayor.
—Garth Andrew Myers, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2025
Two months after her plan to build a new garbage incinerator came under attack by President Donald Trump’s son, Miami-Dade’s mayor is dropping her longtime fight for a new trash-burning facility and instead wants the county to explore building a new landfill somewhere else in Florida.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
Many of the governors and city mayors have voiced concerns over the logistics of such an operation, which will seek to target at least 11 million undocumented migrants.
—Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 26 Jan. 2025
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“Mayor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mayor. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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ˈmā-ər, ˈmer 
: an official elected or appointed to act as chief executive or nominal head of a city, town, or borough
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