How to Use alderman in a Sentence

alderman

noun
  • The storage pods and outdoor storage were the main concern aldermen and city staff had about the plan.
    Steve Lord, Aurora Beacon-News, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Several other aldermen also worked at the city as teenagers or young adults.
    Emily K. Coleman, Lake County News-Sun, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Willie, 32, gave up his seat on the three-member board of aldermen to become mayor.
    Bob Warren, NOLA.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Voting as a bloc, blacks replaced the mayor of Louisville and many of the city’s aldermen in 1961.
    Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2017
  • The duo took the letter to the police and contacted their alderman before installing security cameras.
    Breanna Edwards, The Root, 23 Oct. 2017
  • After months of delay, aldermen and community members have been clamoring for drafts to be made public, fearing the final report will never be released.
    Gina Barton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2017
  • One of the alderman sponsoring the proposal made a tidy profit selling land for such a development before joining the city council, according to news reports.
    Aamer Madhani, USA TODAY, 25 June 2017
  • Mayor Brandon Johnson was always going to face challenges uniting aldermen in his first term: A billion-dollar budget gap.
    Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 7 Oct. 2024
  • In the past decade, 35 of the 50 wards have elected a new alderman.
    John Byrne, chicagotribune.com, 22 Oct. 2021
  • But the alderman of the ward where the project will be located, Ald.
    Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2022
  • Moreno stands in a long line of Chicago alderman who have run afoul of the law.
    Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com, 16 July 2021
  • The school plan won the backing of the local alderman and some parents.
    Mick Dumke, ProPublica, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Monday night, the town’s board of aldermen took that step.
    Samantha Sunne, ProPublica, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Matt Rosek was the lone alderman in favor of going to WCC.
    Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2019
  • The alderman, according to court records, was not aware of Wade's scheme.
    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2020
  • Former alderman and playwright Wayne Frank launched the board's Artists of the Year program in 1995.
    Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2023
  • Former alderman and playwright Wayne Frank launched the board's Artists of the Year program in 1995.
    Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2024
  • DiFrisco told me Tuesday that the aldermen’s decision is a huge win for the city.
    John Greenfield, Chicago Reader, 26 June 2018
  • The race for the next District 5 alderman in Wauwatosa could be decided by a coin toss.
    Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Frieders is in his second term as alderman in Yorkville's Third Ward.
    Linda Girardi, Aurora Beacon-News, 25 Apr. 2018
  • The sole alderman who voted for this year's budget, but didn't vote for last year's, was Ald.
    Emily K. Coleman, Lake County News-Sun, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Fredrick Gordon was the alderman in the district when the Young homicide occurred.
    jsonline.com, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Needville Voters were asked to select three candidates in a field of six for alderman in the city.
    Staff Report, Houston Chronicle, 6 May 2018
  • Two aldermen voted against the measure — Joel Frieders and Joe Plocher.
    Linda Girardi, Aurora Beacon-News, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Velez, who has owned her Putnam Street home for more than a decade, led aldermen on tours of the neighborhood.
    Don Stacom, Courant Community, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Six years later, when the ward’s seat on the City Council opened up, Elrod decided the time had come for the 24th to have a Black alderman.
    Mick Dumke, ProPublica, 28 Feb. 2021
  • As more aldermen fall by the wayside, Marin becomes the prime suspect.
    Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Marifke is still listed on the city website as the alderman for District 3 as of Oct. 3.
    Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 6 Oct. 2022
  • But in all those years no alderman's been exiled from his own brood—until now.
    Ben Joravsky, Chicago Reader, 24 May 2018
  • Meanwhile, aldermen regularly clamor for more cameras to be installed as part of a tough-on-crime pitch to constituents — regardless of where cameras may be put to best use.
    Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2024

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