: an official elected or appointed to act as chief executive or nominal head of a city, town, or borough
Examples of mayor in a Sentence
the mayor of New York
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The office’s budget was one of about $500 million in cuts the Democratic mayor included in her $21 billion budget proposal.
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Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
The governor and the mayor could have signed an executive order … rescinding the sanctuary state and the sanctuary city [policies].
—Emma Colton, Fox News, 4 Apr. 2024
The mayor is proposing a 35-year lease with two possible five-year extensions.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2024
The mayor has publicly blamed Abbott for pawning off the migrant crisis to other cities.
—Jennifer Bisram, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2024
Still, the mayor is trying to keep the town operating.
—Claire Harbage, NPR, 4 Apr. 2024
In a 2010 story previewing the Giants-Rangers World Series, The New York Times contrasted the baseball careers of the mayors for the two teams.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
The mayor of Medellín, the second-largest city in Colombia, announced Monday a temporary ban on prostitution in two of its neighborhoods, days after an American tourist was discovered in a hotel room with two underage girls, according to The Associated Press.
—Emi Tuyetnhi Tran, NBC News, 3 Apr. 2024
But the incoming mayor of Marion, made up of about 2,000 people in south-central Kansas, has vowed to improve transparency and said the councilwoman’s ousting meant residents simply wanted change.
—Luke Nozicka, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024
Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
The governor and the mayor could have signed an executive order … rescinding the sanctuary state and the sanctuary city [policies].
—Emma Colton, Fox News, 4 Apr. 2024
The mayor is proposing a 35-year lease with two possible five-year extensions.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2024
The mayor has publicly blamed Abbott for pawning off the migrant crisis to other cities.
—Jennifer Bisram, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2024
Still, the mayor is trying to keep the town operating.
—Claire Harbage, NPR, 4 Apr. 2024
In a 2010 story previewing the Giants-Rangers World Series, The New York Times contrasted the baseball careers of the mayors for the two teams.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
The mayor of Medellín, the second-largest city in Colombia, announced Monday a temporary ban on prostitution in two of its neighborhoods, days after an American tourist was discovered in a hotel room with two underage girls, according to The Associated Press.
—Emi Tuyetnhi Tran, NBC News, 3 Apr. 2024
But the incoming mayor of Marion, made up of about 2,000 people in south-central Kansas, has vowed to improve transparency and said the councilwoman’s ousting meant residents simply wanted change.
—Luke Nozicka, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024
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: an official elected or appointed to act as chief executive or nominal head of a city, town, or borough
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