How to Use presidential in a Sentence

presidential

adjective
  • Taiwan is scheduled to hold its next presidential election in January next year.
    Tara Subramaniam, CNN, 21 Mar. 2023
  • More:Is Arizona a swing state in the 2024 presidential election?
    Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Some analysts believe the current probe could be a political move, as Venezuela is scheduled to hold presidential elections next year.
    Julia Malleck, Quartz, 21 Mar. 2023
  • In this case, the underlying crime could involve concealing the true nature of a campaign donation in a presidential election.
    Rosalind S. Helderman, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Mar. 2023
  • That, in turn, has reshaped presidential politics nationwide.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Trump won just 12% of the black vote in the last presidential election.
    Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 7 May 2023
  • The hour takes place on the day before the presidential election.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2023
  • Now Will Hurd has stepped down from the board following the launch of his presidential campaign.
    Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 18 July 2023
  • The Supreme Court will hear the case this term, which means a decision may come in summer 2024, in the midst of the US presidential election season.
    Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The first time was in the second-ever presidential election in 1800.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 25 Oct. 2023
  • This is known as the presidential anthem, reserved for the presence of the commander in chief, hence the title.
    Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Biden returned to public life to run against Trump in the 2020 presidential election.
    Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 22 July 2024
  • The 2024 election will be the first time Tester is running during a presidential election with Trump on the ballot.
    Hailey Bullis, Washington Examiner, 28 Dec. 2023
  • On a farm in upstate New York last weekend, Wall Street types groused about the coming presidential election in between bites of roast pig.
    Cara Lombardo, WSJ, 29 May 2023
  • There was Ron Paul’s presidential campaign that year, too.
    Annalisa Quinn, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
  • This year, Carlson joined him, and the two discussed Netflix and the looming 2024 presidential election.
    Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Dec. 2023
  • What channel is the Biden-Trump presidential debate on?
    Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2024
  • Salvadorans living in the United States will be able to vote for the third time in a presidential contest, and for the first time also will choose members of Congress.
    Soudi Jiménez, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Moms for Liberty may be fringe, but its members could be of use to presidential hopefuls.
    Shauna Shames, The Conversation, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Local legend traces the origin of Charleston's iconic she-crab soup to a presidential dinner served at the home of Mayor Rhett in the early 1900s.
    Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Each cycle since 1984, there has been a debate of vice presidential candidates, but there has never been more than one match up of the running mates.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2024
  • That would push the decision to ban TikTok close to the 2024 presidential election, when Democrats don’t want to alienate the young voters who skew liberal.
    Anna Edgerton and Alex Barinka Bloomberg News (tns), al, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Kounalakis will have a year-plus to make her case to voters, once the presidential campaign ends and the focus turns to California’s open-seat race to succeed Newsom.
    Mark Z. Barabak, The Mercury News, 12 June 2024
  • The extension ensures Biden will not have to face this battle again during this presidential term.
    Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2023
  • Yoon and first lady Kim Keon Hee gave their guests a red-carpet welcome and a ceremony at the garden of the presidential office.
    Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Washington Post, 7 May 2023
  • Van Jones appeared to fight back tears while discussing President Joe Biden stepping down from the 2024 presidential race.
    Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 22 July 2024
  • The presidential hopeful has anchored his likely run for the country’s highest office on the back of his culture war feud with Disney.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2023
  • What races are at stake in addition to the presidential primary?
    USA TODAY, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The deal would suspend the borrowing limit, which is currently $31.4 trillion, for two years — enough to get past the next presidential election.
    Luke Broadwater, New York Times, 28 May 2023
  • Within each tier, the candidates are ordered by a lot drawing with the exception of the President and Vice President race, which is ordered by the last name of the presidential candidate.
    The Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2024

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