How to Use nepotism in a Sentence

nepotism

noun

• Nepotism has hurt the company.
• The fruits of nepotism did not end with the gig itself.
  — James Marcus, The New Yorker, 1 June 2020
• Some might say that the Josh Doan pick is due to nepotism but that isn’t true.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 27 July 2021
• And stop the nepotism and stop the dysfunction in the office.
  — Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2017
• Nepotism — and letting the love of your son interfere with the good of the team.
  — Mike Bianchi, OrlandoSentinel.com, 19 July 2017
• That’s nepotism by proxy, but the OSU offense is rolling.
  — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 22 Oct. 2022
• There’s been nepotism and vote buying in the town of Idyllwild, Calif.
  — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2023
• But deep down, there’s something about the nepotism that bothers him about all of the Roy kids.
  — Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2023
• But there may soon be a new form of nepotism living right next door.
  — Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
• The findings of the report revealed that nepotism remains alive and well in the NFL.
  — Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2021
• But don’t think that nepotism is at play in either case.
  — Punch Shaw, star-telegram, 10 May 2018
• Corey Graves trying to explain that there is no nepotism in WWE is just the cutest thing.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 31 May 2021
• One problem with nepotism in the NFL is that the results sometimes work.
  — Star Tribune, 8 Feb. 2021
• Rob Lowe's son John Owen Lowe is a self-aware nepotism baby.
  — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2023
• Because of the paper’s nepotism rules, one of the newlyweds had to go.
  — Dallas News, 4 Jan. 2023
• But nepotism rules in the union hall, Mr. Castillo contends.
  — New York Times, 6 Nov. 2021
• Or a new hire, incompetent for the work, brought on board via the nepotism of the franchise owner.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2020
• Yes, all four actresses will still get their jobs due to nepotism.
  — Vulture, 13 Apr. 2023
• In Lamb's eyes, the help Greg Pence has received from associates of his brother is equal to nepotism.
  — Kaitlin Lange, Indianapolis Star, 30 Apr. 2018
• Ukraine has long been plagued by corruption and nepotism.
  — Emily Tamkin, Washington Post, 15 July 2022
• Or, even, that some kind of nepotism is being disguised with this whole charade.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 8 Mar. 2022
• Curtis first weighed in on the debate about nepotism in Hollywood in late 2022.
  — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2024
• In a brazen act of nepotism — or, rather, journalism — I was allowed to skip all this and go straight to the dress rehearsal as a proud member of Squad D.
  — Joshua Barone Sinna Nasseri, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
• And with this historic achievement has come claims of nepotism and backlash against both players.
  — Giana Levy, refinery29.com, 27 June 2024
• There are plenty of connections and nepotism and who knows who and who’s been where and identity stuff.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2022
• And while the good times were rolling, despite gripes about nepotism, the brothers remained popular.
  — Rhea Mogul, CNN, 13 July 2022
• The source asserted that a mix of cost-cutting measures in the hiring process and nepotism may have brought Gutierrez Reed, who was to be paid less than $8,000 for the movie, to the set.
  — Fox News, 5 Nov. 2021
• The father and son have endured the innuendos, put up with the disparaging remarks and heard the calls of nepotism.
  — Broderick Turner, latimes.com, 27 Sep. 2017
• Sputter as the pundits may, the fact is that nepotism has been a part of politics as long as there has been such a thing as politics.
  — Daniel Mendelsohn, Town & Country, 30 Oct. 2019
• The comment was Vance's response after Beshear had previously called him a phony and not a Kentuckian and implied heavily that nepotism was the only reason Beshear is governor.
  — Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 25 July 2024

Last Updated: 30 Nov 2024