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

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