White House

noun

-ˌhau̇s 

1

: a residence of the president of the U.S.

2

: the executive department of the U.S. government

Examples of White House in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

More:Trump bristles at the courts as White House pushes executive power Unions also questioned how the workers’ pensions, health insurance and other benefits would be affected. —Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025

Curiously, the Trump White House seems to think that protecting Main Street Americans from rip-offs is an argument for the bureau’s extinction. —Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2025

Bannon briefly served as a senior White House advisor in Trump’s first term as president, before being fired in April 2017. —Adam Reiss,dan Mangan, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2025

Lee, Pinchot and Watson play three of the series’ myriad potential suspects: aggrieved brother of the president, moody pastry chef and assistant White House usher, respectively. —Stacey Wilson Hunt, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Feb. 2025

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