How to Use mayor in a Sentence
mayor
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For the first time in 10 years, the city has to choose a new mayor.
—Amanda Luberto, The Arizona Republic, 14 Aug. 2024
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The mayor is stepping back and leaving that in the hands of the courts.
—Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
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The mayor would appoint five of the task force’s members.
—Michael Brice-Saddler, Washington Post, 18 June 2023
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His ex-wife, Kate Gallego, is now the mayor of Phoenix.
—Time, 23 Jan. 2023
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Smith is seeking to make a comeback to the role as mayor.
—Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 20 July 2024
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Still, the mayor said the damage from this storm turned out to be less than the last one in January.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2023
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The mayor’s plan likely will return to the council in some form.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Nov. 2023
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Fortunately, the mayor got to the event and there was no fallout for him, for me or for the city of Jerusalem.
—Frayda Leibtag, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
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Carolyn Webb de Macias is the mayor’s new chief of staff.
—Dorany Pineda, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2023
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The plan would need the approval of the mayor, the Legislature, and the governor.
—Julian E.j. Sorapuru, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Nov. 2022
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Days later, the city’s mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, announced that the mosque would be moved to a much smaller site.
—Anna Nemtsova, The Atlantic, 27 Dec. 2024
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The cost to the city is still to be determined, according to the mayor's office.
—Hayleigh Colombo, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Oct. 2024
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His first and greatest love, however, is the wife of the mayor of Verrières, Mme.
—J. Michael Lennon, wsj.com, 7 Apr. 2023
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In terms of green initiatives in 2022, the mayor said Lakewood was busy.
—John Benson, cleveland, 22 Dec. 2022
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While running for mayor, Bass promised to take the department back up to 9,700.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2023
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The mayor should know about due process, given his own problems.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
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The wind was howling, the streets were flooding, the rivers were rising, and the mayor was telling San Franciscans to stay home.
—Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Jan. 2023
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The mayor has, at times, seemed to acquiesce to the criticism.
—Emma G. Fitzsimmons, New York Times, 14 May 2023
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Chu previously served on the Monterey Park City Council and as mayor of the city in the 1990s.
—Jack Birle, Washington Examiner, 23 Jan. 2023
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And the liberal mayor of the third-largest city, Chicago, began pleading last month for the White House to step in.
—Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2023
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The mayor praised the school’s principal, teachers and staffers for their response to the shooting.
—Nick Anderson, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2023
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The mayor paid a $250 fine and has been issued a public letter of caution.
—Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 26 May 2023
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His father was the town’s mayor and gave Tester his first flattop haircut.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2024
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The mayor appoints the position, which is confirmed by the City Council.
—Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2023
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Was the corruption within City Hall limited to the mayor, or did the city itself break the rules?
—Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
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The first claim was also sent to a member of the mayor’s staff, who confirmed receipt, according to a record of the email reviewed by The Times.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
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The arrest was part of what appears to have been a dramatic series of events in the mayor's office.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2024
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The mayor, Magnus Mæland, appeared, and Sunde handed him the wreath.
—Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
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The charges span more than 10 years starting when Adams was Brooklyn borough president and through his tenure as mayor.
—Nick Akerman, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2025
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Chicago's current mayor didn't negotiate the Bally's deal and has been relatively mum about the temporary casino and the permanent one's future.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025
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