How to Use charter in a Sentence

charter

1 of 3 noun

• The charter allows for unrestricted trading.
• The railway board then voted to change the deal with the railroad buyer to comply with the charter.
  — Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 4 Jan. 2024
• But the charter-school episode marks the first time that the main threat to their work is their own comfort with being observed.
  — Niela Orr, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
• Relax on the beach, go for a sunset cruise, book a fishing charter, or play a round of golf.
  — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2023
• Signature School, a charter high school in Evansville, ranked No. 2 in the nation.
  — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2023
• SoCal charters target different species based on the season, the weather, and the whims of the fish.
  — Tom Fowlks, Outdoor Life, 1 Feb. 2024
• The commissioner hopes that charters in the future can be funded in part by the next TV deal.
  — Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2023
• So who knows where Romy and her camp friend were going to eat, had that helicopter charter worked out.
  — Vulture, 23 Mar. 2023
• The small airport, optimized for private jets and charter flights, isn’t open in the winter.
  — Garrett Munce, Town & Country, 4 May 2023
• For independent charters, the school name will be the district name.
  — Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
• The new law also streamlines the charter renewal process.
  — Cynthia Howell, Arkansas Online, 18 Aug. 2023
• The city charter requires the police chief to be selected from within.
  — Jennifer Edwards Baker, The Enquirer, 6 Mar. 2024
• Another bill would put the question of amending the charter to voters.
  — Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2024
• It is run not by a local school board or charter network, but by the Defense Department.
  — Sarah Mervosh, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2023
• The league has been working with Griner and the Mercury on travel options including charter flights.
  — Doug Feinberg, ajc, 18 June 2023
• Tempe's city charter lays the authorization to hire a police chief to Ching in his role as city manager, the city mentioned.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 18 Apr. 2023
• The boats – some big charters with dozens of people, others personal crafts with just a family aboard – dart to catch up.
  — Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
• Baltimore’s charter requires the city to pass a balanced budget by June 26.
  — Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 5 Apr. 2023
• Fraser learns a lesson about not judging a book by its cover when a bodybuilder charter guest boards.
  — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2023
• The league granted Griner permission to book her own charter flights before the season started.
  — Time, 17 June 2023
• Its 1988 charter advocates for the killing or expulsion of all Jews or Zionists.
  — Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
• In 2016, voters approved a proposal to amend the city charter so that a mayor could serve five four-year terms in office instead of three.
  — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 2 Aug. 2023
• That rate was 60 percent for local districts and 57 percent for charters.
  — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2023
• Now boosters have provided charter flights to and from Nevada.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2024
• Presumably, once that charge was spotted, the charter was shut down and the teen was grounded until further notice.
  — Louisa Ballhaus, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2023
• But that certainly wasn't the case for the Grammy-winning and an all-time vocalist in Carlile, and top indie-rock charters Grouplove.
  — Joshua Medintz, The Enquirer, 27 July 2023
• Where, after all, is the case against Hamas, a group committed in its charter to Israel’s destruction?
  — Marc Champion, Twin Cities, 21 Jan. 2024
• She could be used for both global voyages and charter adventures.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 12 Dec. 2023
• In the world of high-end charters, heritage yachts are exerting a bigger pull than ever, like the elegant 1967 yacht Malcolm Miller, restored and available by the week through Arthaud Yachting.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Apr. 2024
• The high court voted 5-1 in support of the city, noting state law gives charter cities autonomy over issues of municipal concern.
  — Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 28 Mar. 2024

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charter

2 of 3 verb

• The team chartered a plane.
• The city was chartered in 1837.
• Lovers of the sport have 18 miles of beach and chartered deep-sea excursions at the ready.
  — Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2023
• Some have left the system, and others have gone to charter schools.
  — Troy Closson, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2022
• But chartering a boat doesn’t just have to be for the rich and famous.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 25 Sep. 2023
• The boat, a 279-foot vessel known as the Solandge, is available to charter for a million and change per week.
  — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 29 May 2023
• Kenshō will be available to charter with Y.CO in the summer of 2022.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 19 Nov. 2021
• There are boats to charter for daytrips along the coast or to neighboring Formentera.
  — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 31 Jan. 2022
• The defining style chartered by Govan in the first season hooked me in.
  — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 7 Dec. 2023
• And the Fly Five service isn’t just for hotel guests: Anyone can charter the jet for up to 12 hours.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 2 June 2023
• With the help of Bunny Mellon, Huber [de Givenchy] chartered a plane to fly us home.
  — Town & Country, 28 June 2023
• Rudge chartered three planes for loved ones to identify the bodies.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2023
• Caplan raised $1 million for Aghan refugees, money that helped charter a plane to get 300 people out of the hands of the Taliban.
  — Elizabeth MacBride, Forbes, 4 June 2022
• Tyler Barnett said the way the state funds charter schools in their first few years puts them at risk for financial problems.
  — Trisha Powell Crain | [e-mail], al, 7 Oct. 2022
• To get to the rig, divers generally charter a boat from Long Beach or San Pedro.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2021
• Her group had reached Sydney on a bus chartered by a local B.J.P. chapter.
  — Damien Cave, New York Times, 18 July 2023
• The latter just encouraged users to contact a broker to find out if a boat could be chartered.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 17 July 2023
• Tucson area pastors chartered a bus to travel to the Capitol.
  — The Arizona Republic, 8 Jan. 2024
• Pilots may soon be able to say farewell to charter firms and fleets—that is, if Hill Helicopters has anything to say about it.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Apr. 2022
• Rates to charter ships, which were close to fully booked up early in 2022, have also been tumbling.
  — Paul Berger, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2022
• Banks can choose to be chartered by the state or federal government.
  — Kathleen Pender, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2023
• The question in that case was whether Congress could charter a national bank.
  — Andrew Koppelman, The New Republic, 5 Jan. 2022
• This past year, thousands of families also chose to move to charter schools.
  — Jeanne Allen, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2021
• The Spartans would charter a bus — with bathroom — and drive to Hyannis after school on Friday.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2021
• The boat was chartered last summer by its Jamaican owner, but was later sold to a new owner, with Moran as the broker.
  — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2023
• The idea returned this year in SB 1291, which gave that same broad licensing power only to charter schools.
  — Peter Greene, Forbes, 7 July 2022
• Oil giants charter hundreds of tankers from owners such as Frontline to move oil world-wide.
  — Costas Paris and Benoit Faucon, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2022
• Target, because of its size, was able to charter vessels and fill its shelves ahead of the holiday shipping crunch.
  — Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2022
• You were chartered by the government during the Great Depression.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024
• The ship was chartered to carry cargo by Danish shipping giant Maersk and was leaving the Baltimore area at the time of the crash.
  — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024

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charter

3 of 3 adjective

• Palm Beach County is asking for grades for two non-charter schools.
  — Scott Travis, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Sep. 2021
• Instead, the union has emphasized calling voters, which the pro-charter side has done as well.
  — Howard Blume Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2020
• The rules would require charter schools to prove they are needed by demonstrating that traditional public schools are over-enrolled.
  — The Editors, National Review, 29 Apr. 2022
• As has been the case in the last several election cycles, the pro-charter reform camp and traditional public school supporters have each backed a slate of candidates.
  — Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Nov. 2020
• Ludtke was a principal of a charter high school and had previously worked in the Clark County School District, and her daughters took advanced classes at a district middle school.
  — Erin Richards, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2020
• Justifications for using charter flights were sometimes flimsy, the report concluded.
  — Louise Radnofsky, WSJ, 13 July 2018
• Palm Beach County is asking for grades for two non-charter schools.
  — Scott Travis, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Sep. 2021
• Instead, the union has emphasized calling voters, which the pro-charter side has done as well.
  — Howard Blume Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2020
• The rules would require charter schools to prove they are needed by demonstrating that traditional public schools are over-enrolled.
  — The Editors, National Review, 29 Apr. 2022
• As has been the case in the last several election cycles, the pro-charter reform camp and traditional public school supporters have each backed a slate of candidates.
  — Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Nov. 2020
• Ludtke was a principal of a charter high school and had previously worked in the Clark County School District, and her daughters took advanced classes at a district middle school.
  — Erin Richards, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2020
• Justifications for using charter flights were sometimes flimsy, the report concluded.
  — Louise Radnofsky, WSJ, 13 July 2018
• Palm Beach County is asking for grades for two non-charter schools.
  — Scott Travis, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Sep. 2021
• Instead, the union has emphasized calling voters, which the pro-charter side has done as well.
  — Howard Blume Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2020
• The rules would require charter schools to prove they are needed by demonstrating that traditional public schools are over-enrolled.
  — The Editors, National Review, 29 Apr. 2022
• As has been the case in the last several election cycles, the pro-charter reform camp and traditional public school supporters have each backed a slate of candidates.
  — Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Nov. 2020
• Ludtke was a principal of a charter high school and had previously worked in the Clark County School District, and her daughters took advanced classes at a district middle school.
  — Erin Richards, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2020
• Justifications for using charter flights were sometimes flimsy, the report concluded.
  — Louise Radnofsky, WSJ, 13 July 2018

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024