How to Use quorum in a Sentence

quorum

noun

• We need five people to make a quorum.
• In fact, hasn't had a quorum for much of the last year.
  — CBS News, 10 June 2020
• The suit alleges the board didn't have a quorum to meet.
  — David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2019
• The proxy votes were used to achieve a quorum for the meeting.
  — Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 9 Jan. 2024
• For the past four months, the CFB could not function due to lack of a quorum.
  — Robert Moilanen, Star Tribune, 1 Aug. 2021
• The House plans to check for a quorum at 11 a.m. on Wednesday.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2021
• The 63 members present were fewer than the quorum of 84.
  — The Economist, 11 Jan. 2020
• As a result, the court lacked the quorum required to hear the case, so the election went ahead.
  — Nic Cheeseman, Foreign Affairs, 15 Nov. 2017
• Were able to break the filibuster, get a quorum and vote.
  — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2021
• As of Friday, the House has still been unable to reach a quorum.
  — Emily Caldwell, Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2021
• According to Wool, there will be a quorum for the House present in Juneau.
  — Author: Erin McGroarty, Anchorage Daily News, 5 July 2019
• The members of the quorum ordained and set him apart as president of the Church.
  — Glenna Christensen, idahostatesman, 19 Jan. 2018
• That vote took place but the committee did not have a quorum.
  — Marc Caputo, NBC News, 20 Jan. 2023
• The city charter says that two-thirds of the council is needed for a quorum.
  — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2024
• Since there was no longer a quorum for the session, it was canceled.
  — New York Times, 25 Sep. 2019
• The last time there were openings on the quorum, in October 2015, the church chose three Utah men.
  — Brady McCombs, Fox News, 31 Mar. 2018
• Stutes said the House lacked a quorum to conduct business.
  — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Feb. 2021
• The group has struggled to get a quorum because of six unfilled seats.
  — oregonlive, 29 Apr. 2022
• With the dismissals, the board was left with only two members, not enough for a quorum.
  — Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 17 Jan. 2025
• That brought the total number to the required two-thirds of members present for a quorum.
  — Dianne Gallagher, CNN, 19 Aug. 2021
• As for the search for a new commissioner, it has been locked in place since the board lost its quorum.
  — Jason Hancock, kansascity, 14 June 2018
• The Democrats’ flight from the Capitol to an East Austin church denied a quorum and killed the elections measure.
  — Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News, 6 July 2021
• The quorum percentage decreased over the next few months.
  — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2022
• The full board has not had a quorum and therefore could not meet, said Michael Honeycutt, who heads the board.
  — Scott Waldman, Scientific American, 6 Mar. 2018
• If a quorum of four were present, state law would have required the meetings to be held in public.
  — Lance Williams By, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Nov. 2021
• On Monday, the House, which is still a few members shy of a quorum, issued the call for a second time.
  — James BarragÁn, Chron, 10 Aug. 2021
• But not enough lawmakers were present to make a quorum.
  — The Economist, 22 Feb. 2018
• But the meeting was postponed because the board did not have a quorum of four members.
  — Patrick McGeehan, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2018
• That would leave just two of the five members voting on the deal, short of the quorum required in the nonprofit’s bylaws.
  — Mike Rogoway, oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2022
• Unable to muster a quorum, Tate adjourned the House early, on Dec. 19.
  — Anna Clark, ProPublica, 10 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 26 Feb 2025