How to Use president-elect in a Sentence

president-elect

noun
  • There is a good chance that by the end of the year, Trump will be president-elect of the United States.
    Jamelle Bouie, The Mercury News, 26 June 2024
  • But on the eve of his return to the White House, the president-elect is being hailed as the app’s savior.
    Barbara Ortutay, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
  • The president-elect’s promise to oppose any and all tax hikes was made in writing.
    Jonas Torrico, National Review, 5 Dec. 2023
  • During the first 45 seconds of the cold open, half of the cast soberly rattles off some of the president-elect’s many glaring deficits.
    Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
  • The audience would have noticed the 40-year-old president-elect’s empty right sleeve.
    Richard J. Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 May 2024
  • Guatemala’s president-elect is finding out in real time.
    Sandra Cuffe, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2023
  • And if not, the president-elect warned of trouble ahead for Mr. Johnson and Republicans in Congress.
    Lisa Mascaro and Kevin Freking, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The president-elect has promised to slash energy costs in half within the first year of his administration.
    Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,spencer Kimball,christina Wilkie,annie Nova,brian Evans,alex Harring,yun Li, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Now their president-elect is asking for a blank check and threatening primaries for any holdouts.
    Justin Green, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Gone is the long tradition that the United States has just one president at a time and that the president-elect generally tries to stay out of the way until taking the oath of office.
    Susan Page, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Scott was named president-elect in June 2023, while also serving on the association's Board of Trustees.
    Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 31 May 2024
  • Back in the dawn of the Trump era — just prior to his 2017 inauguration — the line of would-be suck-ups queuing up for face time with the president-elect included a man with a distinguished name.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023
  • The president-elect’s son is also visiting the island this week, bringing further attention to the idea.
    Tristan Lejeune, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
  • On the day Biden’s presidential win was called in 2020, the musician shared a photo of himself being held as a child by the president-elect with his mother standing next to him.
    Jacqueline Weiss, Peoplemag, 1 June 2024
  • Judging by the first month of the transition, the success of the Trump 2.0 economic agenda will be determined by who wins the contest for the president-elect’s attention.
    Chloe Berger, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Justin Brown, president-elect of the Brookline Educators Union and fourth-grade teacher, said some teachers are wary of adding more standards to their already-full plates.
    Dharna Noor, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The president and president-elect are from the same political party as Rocha, the Sinaloa governor.
    Keegan Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2024
  • According to the country’s Mehr News agency, on his first day as president-elect, Pezeshkian canceled a planned press conference to instead meet with Khamenei.
    Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 16 July 2024
  • Peru became the first nation to recognize González as Venezuela’s president-elect.
    Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 31 July 2024
  • During our conversation, Schiff spoke of the president-elect only when asked.
    Mark Z. Barabak, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • The president-elect has sought to suspend or outright eliminate the debt ceiling, which is adjusted to prevent the U.S. from defaulting on its debt.
    Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
  • The flights by China’s air force also come as Paraguay’s president-elect, Santiago Peña, visits the island.
    Time, 12 July 2023
  • In 2023, the Czech Republic’s president-elect even spoke with Taiwan’s president, becoming the first European head of state to do so.
    David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Working at Apple wasn't in my plans, but to see a CEO who cared so much about environmentalism reminded me in many ways of talking to the president-elect.
    Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Kellyanne Conway addresses the press from the lobby as the president-elect holds meetings upstairs, November 2016.
    Curbed, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Musk has been a frequent presence at Trump's side, advising the president-elect on federal spending and tech policies.
    Marianne Levine and Meryl Kornfield The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The first to congratulate the president-elect was the outgoing president, Mario Abdo Benítez.
    Débora Rey, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2023
  • Some ethics experts have expressed concern about people investing in Trump Media to gain favor with the president-elect.
    Matthew Goldstein, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
  • However, the president-elect’s coin nosedived to $40 after Melania revealed her own coin.
    Lex Harvey, Auzinea Bacon and Matt Egan, CNN, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Talk to me about Gov. Hagan (Ward Horton), the presidential candidate and eventual president-elect.
    Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025

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