How to Use ex officio in a Sentence

ex officio

adverb or adjective

• Three of the panel’s 11 voting members are students, as is one of its ex officio members.
  — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Mar. 2021
• Lara, who is openly gay, is a former vice chair of the committee and remains an ex officio member.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2022
• The governor, an ex officio member, put in a rare appearance.
  — New York Times, 14 July 2021
• McClain’s departure leaves the board with one vacancy for a member of the public and one ex officio vacancy.
  — Lia Russell, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2023
• Commissioners would serve two-year terms for up to six years, and Council President or a designee would serve as an ex officio member.
  — Robin Goist, cleveland, 29 June 2020
• The board, composed of the House and Senate sergeants-at-arms and the architect of the Capitol, along with the police chief as a nonvoting ex officio member, took no position on the recommendations.
  — Arkansas Online, 26 Feb. 2022
• McMaster, an ex officio board member, also personally called trustees at the time, urging them to convene a special meeting to vote on Caslen.
  — CBS News, 13 May 2021
• Bond, who is also the incoming chairman of the Baton Rouge General Foundation board of governors, will serve as an ex officio member.
  — NOLA.com, 24 Jan. 2021
• The city’s chief financial officer would serve as an ex officio, nonvoting member.
  — Steve Thompson, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2022
• The then mayor, who was allied with the right-wing national government of the day, used his ex officio position to slash the festival’s funding and punish festival officials, including Lee.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 28 June 2023
• There are 12 regents: eight appointed to four-year terms, two student regents, and the governor and superintendent of public instruction, who serve as ex officio members.
  — Rachel Leingang, The Arizona Republic, 20 Aug. 2020
• The arts center is talking with federal officials, including its high-level ex officio board members, to identify more federal aid, including the extension of the federal unemployment bonus.
  — Peggy McGlone, Washington Post, 23 June 2020
• The board also includes ex officio member John Falcicchio, Bowser’s chief of staff, deputy mayor for planning and economic development, and political adviser.
  — Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2021
• The commissioners include the deputy mayor for planning and economic development, now John Falcicchio, who serves as an ex officio member, giving Bowser’s appointees majority control.
  — Michael Brice-Saddler, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024