How to Use pro tem in a Sentence
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Arnold is the council’s current mayor pro tem and has held the seat for most of the past eight years.
—Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 7 May 2023
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Ernest Blevins has been serving as the city’s mayor pro tem.
—Mike Nolan, Daily Southtown, 24 Apr. 2018
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Trevor O’Neil, now the mayor pro tem, said the council had approved the deal in the best interest of the city.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2022
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Lindamood has been on City Council since 2016 and is the city’s mayor pro tem.
—Dallas News, 9 May 2022
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The role of the president pro tem is to preside over the Senate in the absence of the vice president.
—Tal Kopan, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2021
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She was selected to the position of deputy mayor pro tem for the first time.
—Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 20 June 2023
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But Sandra Willis, the mayor pro tem of this town of roughly 3,500 people, had a broader point to make.
—New York Times, 17 Mar. 2022
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The position of president pro tem does not come with a great deal of power.
—Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2021
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Our [state Senate] pro tem, born in poverty in Virginia.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2022
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Playing the role of Brutus is Kevin de León, the state Senate president pro tem.
—Marcos Bretón, sacbee, 5 Nov. 2017
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In 2019, Dallas’ deputy mayor pro tem, Adam Medrano, called for the city to shut down the strip club after a rash of violent crimes.
—Tom Steele, Dallas News, 18 Mar. 2021
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Mark Mulliner of the 7th Ward is the longest serving Elmhurst alderman and is such is also mayor pro tem in the absence of the Mayor.
—Graydon Megan, chicagotribune.com, 23 Feb. 2021
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Wolosin, a married father of two, currently serves as the mayor pro tem.
—Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Mar. 2022
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Bevin otherwise praised the job Brown has done as party chairman and the work David Osborne has done as House speaker pro tem.
—Tom Loftus, The Courier-Journal, 12 Dec. 2017
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Dowdle, who also serves as mayor pro tem, won re-election to his second term in Ward B in May 2016.
—Karen Zurawski, Houston Chronicle, 30 Jan. 2018
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The Colleyville mayor pro tem, who was elected in 2016, did not respond to requests for comment.
—Alyssa Fernandez, Dallas News, 20 Jan. 2021
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Yolanda Ramon, the city’s mayor pro tem, said this week that the use of Title 42 was the only thing keeping the region from seeing mass chaos.
—Michelle Hackman, WSJ, 20 May 2022
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Scott Wagner, whom James named Kansas City’s mayor pro tem, appears to be a no-vote.
—Steve Vockrodt and Bill Turque, kansascity, 7 Feb. 2018
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But just when things had calmed down at City Hall, and the mayor pro tem was sworn in as mayor, Scripture dropped another bombshell.
—Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 26 May 2021
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Clayton has been chief judge pro tem since July 2016, succeeding Judge Joy Kramer.
—Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 20 June 2018
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Dowdle later in the meeting also was named mayor pro tem.
—Karen Zurawski, Houston Chronicle, 18 May 2018
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Rick Barnes, a 54-year-old insurance agent, is a former mayor pro tem and council member in Keller.
—Anna M. Tinsley, star-telegram, 6 Mar. 2018
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Barnes, a 54-year-old insurance agent, is a former mayor pro tem and council member in Keller.
—Anna M. Tinsley, star-telegram, 6 Mar. 2018
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In 1972, O’Keefe’s Senate colleagues elected him as the speaker pro tem, then the highest position in the Senate.
—Tyler Bridges, NOLA.com, 2 Feb. 2021
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Julie Eiselt, the Democratic mayor pro tem, said the tax increase was necessary.
—Steve Harrison, charlotteobserver, 11 June 2018
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He was elected to his first term in November 2012 and currently serves as speaker pro tem.
—Jason Hancock, kansascity, 12 Sep. 2017
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Once the new board is seated in 2022, members will chose a president and president pro tem from among themselves.
—Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 4 Aug. 2021
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Chris Harris was elected to Katy city council in 2018 and was appointed mayor pro tem last year.
—Claire Goodman, Houston Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2020
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Reyes English serves in Hawthorne as mayor pro tem and a City Council member, according to that city’s website.
—Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
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McGuire has until 2026 to make his mark as Senate president pro tem; at that time he will be forced out of the Legislature by term limits.
—Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024
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