State of the Union address
noun phrase
: a yearly speech given by the U.S. President to Congress and the people to tell them about important things that are affecting the country
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In her 2023 State of the Union address, von der Leyen decried the over regulation of small and medium businesses and called for a 25% reduction in reporting obligations of SMEs.
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Jon McGowan, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
The painting is one of four known as the Four Freedoms series, inspired by President Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union address.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
Rubio has hit an occasional bump, such as when he was selected to deliver the Republican response to then-President Barack Obama’s 2013 State of the Union address.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2024
In the midst of the election cycle, her death quickly became a flashpoint in the immigration debate, with former President Donald Trump and his supporters raising it at rallies and President Biden responding to heckling about it in his State of the Union address.
—Eva Pound, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2024
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Jon McGowan, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
The painting is one of four known as the Four Freedoms series, inspired by President Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union address.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
Rubio has hit an occasional bump, such as when he was selected to deliver the Republican response to then-President Barack Obama’s 2013 State of the Union address.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2024
In the midst of the election cycle, her death quickly became a flashpoint in the immigration debate, with former President Donald Trump and his supporters raising it at rallies and President Biden responding to heckling about it in his State of the Union address.
—Eva Pound, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2024
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