How to Use president-elect in a Sentence

president-elect

noun
  • There is a good chance that by the end of the year, Trump will be president-elect of the United States.
    Jamelle Bouie, The Mercury News, 26 June 2024
  • The president-elect’s promise to oppose any and all tax hikes was made in writing.
    Jonas Torrico, National Review, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The audience would have noticed the 40-year-old president-elect’s empty right sleeve.
    Richard J. Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 May 2024
  • Guatemala’s president-elect is finding out in real time.
    Sandra Cuffe, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Scott was named president-elect in June 2023, while also serving on the association's Board of Trustees.
    Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 31 May 2024
  • Back in the dawn of the Trump era — just prior to his 2017 inauguration — the line of would-be suck-ups queuing up for face time with the president-elect included a man with a distinguished name.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023
  • On the day Biden’s presidential win was called in 2020, the musician shared a photo of himself being held as a child by the president-elect with his mother standing next to him.
    Jacqueline Weiss, Peoplemag, 1 June 2024
  • Justin Brown, president-elect of the Brookline Educators Union and fourth-grade teacher, said some teachers are wary of adding more standards to their already-full plates.
    Dharna Noor, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The president and president-elect are from the same political party as Rocha, the Sinaloa governor.
    Keegan Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2024
  • According to the country’s Mehr News agency, on his first day as president-elect, Pezeshkian canceled a planned press conference to instead meet with Khamenei.
    Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 16 July 2024
  • Peru became the first nation to recognize González as Venezuela’s president-elect.
    Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 31 July 2024
  • The flights by China’s air force also come as Paraguay’s president-elect, Santiago Peña, visits the island.
    Time, 12 July 2023
  • In 2023, the Czech Republic’s president-elect even spoke with Taiwan’s president, becoming the first European head of state to do so.
    David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Working at Apple wasn't in my plans, but to see a CEO who cared so much about environmentalism reminded me in many ways of talking to the president-elect.
    Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Kellyanne Conway addresses the press from the lobby as the president-elect holds meetings upstairs, November 2016.
    Curbed, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The first to congratulate the president-elect was the outgoing president, Mario Abdo Benítez.
    Débora Rey, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2023
  • There is a very real possibility that Donald J. Trump can be your president-elect.
    Fox News, 4 Apr. 2024
  • But in the moment, everyone is acting like Mencken is the president-elect, and the brothers Roy are both rationalizing their roles in making that happen.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2023
  • After Trump won, Romney dined with Trump to discuss Romney becoming the president-elect’s secretary of state.
    Michelle L. Price, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2023
  • So, too, will what comes next, as the new president-elect confronts a daunting challenge: to demonstrate that democracy works, that democracy can deliver.
    Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar. 2024
  • In the months after winning election, a president-elect assumes some of the trappings of the office, such as more security and high-level briefings, but that person is not the commander in chief.
    Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 4 July 2024
  • Taiwan’s president-elect, Lai Ching-te, who takes office next month, visited Hualien on Wednesday and said the government’s top priority was to rescue those trapped.
    Vic Chiang, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
  • In the days that followed, a curious parade of politicians and celebrities journeyed to Trump Tower to meet the president-elect and, for weeks after, predictions about his presidency were rampant.
    Matt Sedensky, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Many policymakers have questioned the decision in the past, including president-elect Alexander Stubb, although the country has no current plans to pull out of the convention.
    Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
  • When lawmakers return to Capitol Hill, there will be a new president-elect, a new makeup of Congress, and possibly new majority parties.
    Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Sep. 2024
  • If a president-elect dies or is incapacitated after Congress votes to certify the election results, the 20th Amendment would kick in, meaning the order of succession would be in place.
    Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024
  • The president-elect has expressed blanket support for the continuation of the political agenda launched by AMLO, who leaves office with approval ratings of over 60%.
    Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 June 2024
  • For more information about the election, president-elect candidates, and petition process, visit the IEEE election website.
    IEEE Spectrum, 12 Jan. 2024
  • This goes beyond the usual transition planning that every president-elect does from November to January.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Gomes predicts America’s $34 trillion debt burden may upset the world’s financial markets as early as next year—should a president-elect announce a raft of expensive policies.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2024

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