How to Use presidential in a Sentence

presidential

adjective
  • Trump won just 12% of the black vote in the last presidential election.
    Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 7 May 2023
  • The hour takes place on the day before the presidential election.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2023
  • Here, see what some of the celebrities wore to the Harris campaign events in the lead-up to the 2024 presidential election.
    Julia Teti, WWD, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Now Will Hurd has stepped down from the board following the launch of his presidential campaign.
    Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 18 July 2023
  • The Supreme Court will hear the case this term, which means a decision may come in summer 2024, in the midst of the US presidential election season.
    Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Garcetti served as a co-chair of Biden’s presidential campaign.
    Dakota Smithstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2023
  • The first time was in the second-ever presidential election in 1800.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 25 Oct. 2023
  • This is known as the presidential anthem, reserved for the presence of the commander in chief, hence the title.
    Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 15 Sep. 2023
  • More:Is Arizona a swing state in the 2024 presidential election?
    Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Biden returned to public life to run against Trump in the 2020 presidential election.
    Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 22 July 2024
  • The 2024 election will be the first time Tester is running during a presidential election with Trump on the ballot.
    Hailey Bullis, Washington Examiner, 28 Dec. 2023
  • On a farm in upstate New York last weekend, Wall Street types groused about the coming presidential election in between bites of roast pig.
    Cara Lombardo, WSJ, 29 May 2023
  • There was Ron Paul’s presidential campaign that year, too.
    Annalisa Quinn, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
  • This year, Carlson joined him, and the two discussed Netflix and the looming 2024 presidential election.
    Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Dec. 2023
  • What channel is the Biden-Trump presidential debate on?
    Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2024
  • Wisconsin is among the key swing states that could determine the outcome of the Nov. 5 presidential election.
    La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Salvadorans living in the United States will be able to vote for the third time in a presidential contest, and for the first time also will choose members of Congress.
    Soudi Jiménez, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2023
  • During his trip, he is set to visit the presidential palace, a refugee camp and Poland's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which is dedicated to those who died in war.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Moms for Liberty may be fringe, but its members could be of use to presidential hopefuls.
    Shauna Shames, The Conversation, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Local legend traces the origin of Charleston's iconic she-crab soup to a presidential dinner served at the home of Mayor Rhett in the early 1900s.
    Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Each cycle since 1984, there has been a debate of vice presidential candidates, but there has never been more than one match up of the running mates.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Still, Hogan didn’t demonstrate the ability to raise the amount of cash required to run a national presidential campaign.
    Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 5 Mar. 2023
  • That would push the decision to ban TikTok close to the 2024 presidential election, when Democrats don’t want to alienate the young voters who skew liberal.
    Anna Edgerton and Alex Barinka Bloomberg News (tns), al, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Kounalakis will have a year-plus to make her case to voters, once the presidential campaign ends and the focus turns to California’s open-seat race to succeed Newsom.
    Mark Z. Barabak, The Mercury News, 12 June 2024
  • They were tied at 47 percent when the poll was expanded to a full presidential ballot of eight candidates.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The extension ensures Biden will not have to face this battle again during this presidential term.
    Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2023
  • Yoon and first lady Kim Keon Hee gave their guests a red-carpet welcome and a ceremony at the garden of the presidential office.
    Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Washington Post, 7 May 2023
  • Van Jones appeared to fight back tears while discussing President Joe Biden stepping down from the 2024 presidential race.
    Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 22 July 2024
  • The presidential election may be over, but campaign season is just getting underway in Hollywood.
    Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2024
  • In October, the Constitutional Court banned a far-right politician from running in the presidential election in a ruling analysts, civil rights groups and some parties said overstepped its powers.
    Reuters, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024

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