term of/in office
noun phrase
: the time when a person holds a job or position of authority especially in the government
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Going into Trump's second term in office, CNN chief Supreme Court analyst Joan Biskupic said the liberal justices may need to look to Coney Barrett for support.
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
The government is preparing to swear in President Nicolás Maduro for his third term in office Friday.
—Mie Hoejris Dahl, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Jan. 2025
Iranian government officials have long wanted revenge for the death of one of the regime’s generals, Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad on Jan. 3, 2020, during Trump’s first term in office.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2025
But the proceedings were also marked by a sense of suspense amid an ongoing grand jury investigation believed related to her previous term in office — a probe local Democrats had worried might even block Worrell’s return to her previous post.
—Cristóbal Reyes, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2025
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
The government is preparing to swear in President Nicolás Maduro for his third term in office Friday.
—Mie Hoejris Dahl, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Jan. 2025
Iranian government officials have long wanted revenge for the death of one of the regime’s generals, Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad on Jan. 3, 2020, during Trump’s first term in office.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2025
But the proceedings were also marked by a sense of suspense amid an ongoing grand jury investigation believed related to her previous term in office — a probe local Democrats had worried might even block Worrell’s return to her previous post.
—Cristóbal Reyes, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Term of/in office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/term%20of%2Fin%20office. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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