How to Use trustee in a Sentence

trustee

noun
  • They were named as trustees to the child's estate.
  • Also stepping down from the board of trustees is Howard Jones and Neil Warnock.
    Marc Schneider, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The five trustees are elected by themselves, not the parents, and serve three-year terms.
    Trisha Thomas, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The five trustees are elected by themselves, not the parents, and serve three-year-terms.
    Trisha Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2023
  • In 2019, Trump appointed Greenwood to serve on the board of trustees at the Kennedy Center.
    Kyle Morris, Fox News, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The village board of trustees could make a decision on the deal as early as Jan. 10.
    Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
  • The trustees currently project that will happen in 2033.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Finally, this fall, most of the library’s staff and trustees quit, forcing it to shut down.
    John Leland, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Singer is the institute’s chairman, and Crow’s wife, Kathy, is a member of its board of trustees.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The board is expected to appoint a trustee at that meeting.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2023
  • The trustee, attorney David Schwartz, replied to the motion, objecting to the request.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 5 Jan. 2023
  • The next year, Debbie Rentería became the district’s first Latina trustee.
    Talia Richman, Dallas News, 18 Aug. 2023
  • With all the new housing starts underway, trustees expect more than 300 new homes will be built in the township in the next few years.
    The Enquirer, 1 Mar. 2024
  • As a result of changes at the college, over a third of the faculty have left, according to trustee Dr. Amy Reid.
    Carlos Suarez, CNN, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The trustees urged Congress to come to a solution sooner rather than later.
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Douglas was a graduate of the university and had served on its board of trustees.
    Frank Litsky, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Andrew Weaver, who is a trustee on the school board, said students began dancing on the poles and took photos of the incident.
    Hannah Grossman, Fox News, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Instead, the trustees would use the platforms’ viewership data, which the platforms have already agreed to provide to the WGA.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The lawsuit also names Oates’ wife, Aimee, in her role as a trustee of her husband’s investment trust.
    Bill Donahue, Billboard, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Failure to maintain the assets in trust makes the trustee personally liable for the unpaid cost, Race-West’s suit states.
    Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Meanwhile, in June, Riley became the sole trustee of her mother’s estate.
    Marissa Charles, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Bruce Greer, the president of the board of trustees, helped start an annual mango festival.
    Patricia Mazzei, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
  • The expenditure was for more than $2.5 million and trustees approved the waiver, sight unseen.
    Elizabeth Sander, San Antonio Express-News, 9 May 2023
  • DeSantis fired its board of trustees and replaced it with a clutch of right-wing stooges including Rufo.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Two new members have joined the Glencoe Village Board with two departing trustees reflecting on their work over the last eight years.
    Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2023
  • In recent months, the battles between the Roberts’ trustees and Buckner have become more heated.
    Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The Academy wants to have people on its board of trustees who are current, active and successful in their careers.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The city's payments to the police and fire plan would have been roughly $12 million more under a 20-year schedule, according to both the city and the retirement plan trustees.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 29 June 2023
  • Shelby White has given the museum generous gifts and 33 years of service as a trustee.
    Tom Mashberg, New York Times, 17 July 2023
  • But Purdue University board of trustees chair Michael Berghoff said the bill wouldn't change much, expressing doubt that the board would take a heavy-handed approach.
    Ethan Sandweiss, NPR, 22 Mar. 2024

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