How to Use nepotism in a Sentence

nepotism

noun

• Nepotism has hurt the company.
• The fruits of nepotism did not end with the gig itself.
  — James Marcus, The New Yorker, 1 June 2020
• Some might say that the Josh Doan pick is due to nepotism but that isn’t true.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 27 July 2021
• And stop the nepotism and stop the dysfunction in the office.
  — Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2017
• Nepotism — and letting the love of your son interfere with the good of the team.
  — Mike Bianchi, OrlandoSentinel.com, 19 July 2017
• That’s nepotism by proxy, but the OSU offense is rolling.
  — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 22 Oct. 2022
• There’s been nepotism and vote buying in the town of Idyllwild, Calif.
  — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2023
• But deep down, there’s something about the nepotism that bothers him about all of the Roy kids.
  — Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2023
• But there may soon be a new form of nepotism living right next door.
  — Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
• The findings of the report revealed that nepotism remains alive and well in the NFL.
  — Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2021
• But don’t think that nepotism is at play in either case.
  — Punch Shaw, star-telegram, 10 May 2018
• Corey Graves trying to explain that there is no nepotism in WWE is just the cutest thing.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 31 May 2021
• One problem with nepotism in the NFL is that the results sometimes work.
  — Star Tribune, 8 Feb. 2021
• Rob Lowe's son John Owen Lowe is a self-aware nepotism baby.
  — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2023
• Because of the paper’s nepotism rules, one of the newlyweds had to go.
  — Dallas News, 4 Jan. 2023
• But nepotism rules in the union hall, Mr. Castillo contends.
  — New York Times, 6 Nov. 2021
• Or a new hire, incompetent for the work, brought on board via the nepotism of the franchise owner.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2020
• Yes, all four actresses will still get their jobs due to nepotism.
  — Vulture, 13 Apr. 2023
• In Lamb's eyes, the help Greg Pence has received from associates of his brother is equal to nepotism.
  — Kaitlin Lange, Indianapolis Star, 30 Apr. 2018
• Ukraine has long been plagued by corruption and nepotism.
  — Emily Tamkin, Washington Post, 15 July 2022
• Or, even, that some kind of nepotism is being disguised with this whole charade.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 8 Mar. 2022
• Curtis first weighed in on the debate about nepotism in Hollywood in late 2022.
  — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2024
• In a brazen act of nepotism — or, rather, journalism — I was allowed to skip all this and go straight to the dress rehearsal as a proud member of Squad D.
  — Joshua Barone Sinna Nasseri, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
• There are plenty of connections and nepotism and who knows who and who’s been where and identity stuff.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2022
• And while the good times were rolling, despite gripes about nepotism, the brothers remained popular.
  — Rhea Mogul, CNN, 13 July 2022
• The source asserted that a mix of cost-cutting measures in the hiring process and nepotism may have brought Gutierrez Reed, who was to be paid less than $8,000 for the movie, to the set.
  — Fox News, 5 Nov. 2021
• The father and son have endured the innuendos, put up with the disparaging remarks and heard the calls of nepotism.
  — Broderick Turner, latimes.com, 27 Sep. 2017
• Sputter as the pundits may, the fact is that nepotism has been a part of politics as long as there has been such a thing as politics.
  — Daniel Mendelsohn, Town & Country, 30 Oct. 2019
• In a 2000 interview with The Guardian, Bridget addressed the comparisons and assumed nepotism that come with being a part of her famous family.
  — Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2024
• In the new season, the writers dig deeper into the nuances of the British class system, green tech energy, nepotism within finance and the British press rather than focusing purely on storylines.
  — Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 20 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024