How to Use term of/in office in a Sentence

term of/in office

noun phrase
Definition of term of/in officenext
  • Thirty-three percent said the same of Trump’s term in office.
    — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 4 May 2024
  • Evers edged out a win in last year’s election with 51.2% of the vote in order to serve a second term in office.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Brown, who’s seeking a fourth term in office, is one of two Democrats defending his seat in a state Trump won.
    — Haley Bemiller, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The board consists of seven members, with their term of office lasting for two years.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 26 May 2023
  • After a term in office, Trump can only serve four more years if elected in 2024.
    — Paul Steinhauser, Fox News, 1 June 2023
  • Springdale mayor The mayor of Springdale serves a four-year term in office.
    — Tom Sissom, arkansasonline.com, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The spotlight will also continue to shine on Trump’s term in office.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 19 Nov. 2020
  • There have never been any real doubts about the outcome, which will herald his fifth term in office.
    — Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2024
  • One factor that has the potential to shake up the race is whether Feinstein will be able to finish her term in office.
    — Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The Twentieth Amendment is crystal clear that the president’s term in office ‘shall end’ at noon on Jan. 20, but two men could show up to be sworn in.
    — Annabelle Timsit, Quartz, 2 Nov. 2020
  • The iPhone was barely a few years in 2010, and President Obama was only halfway through his first term of office.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 27 July 2021
  • The two had a falling out at the end of their term in office, when Pence refused Trump's orders to stop the certification of the 2020 election results.
    — Kyler Alvord, Peoplemag, 18 June 2024
  • The two had a falling out at the end of their term in office, when Pence refused Trump's orders to stop the certification of the 2020 election results.
    — Kyler Alvord, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Newsom’s first term in office was buoyed by record-smashing surpluses of more than $100 billion in some years.
    — Adam Beam, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2023
  • He was first appointed to the commission in 2000 to serve the remainder of his father’s fourth term of office after his death.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Scott, who is nearing the end of his first term in office, touted the city’s homicide rate, which fell below 300 last year in Baltimore for the first time in nearly a decade.
    — Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2024
  • Because New York does not have term limits for governor, Cuomo can seek a fourth term in office.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2021
  • The last time a sitting vice president was replaced on the national ticket after a term in office was in 1944.
    — Ron Elving, NPR, 22 June 2024
  • But the vice president lauded Mr. Biden's leadership over his first term in office.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Billionaires’ huge gains are largely due to a stock market that has steadily risen during Trump’s term of office.
    — Ben Steverman, Bloomberg.com, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Voters knew that life expectancy for people who made it to adulthood would take them into their 70s, well past their term in office.
    — Rebecca Brannon / Made By History, TIME, 3 July 2024
  • Applicants must be a resident of the city at the time of application and reside in El Cajon during the term of office.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2021
  • The remaining 17 indictments were handed down in Mayes’ five-month term in office, her spokesperson said.
    — Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2023
  • Scott, a Democrat, is currently running for a second term in office.
    — Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Brandman struggled with mental health issues during his second term in office and at one point took time off from work.
    — Gabriel San Román, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2023
  • In March, Putin is running for a fifth term in office but the election will, in reality, be a de facto coronation.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Sunday marks the third and final day of voting, with Russian President Vladimir Putin almost certain to win a fifth term in office.
    — Radina Gigova, CNN, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Among those filing candidate papers on the last two days were three challengers to board Chairman Gordy Bunch, who is seeking his fifth term in office.
    — Jeff Forward, Houston Chronicle, 18 Aug. 2020
  • Democrats have warned that a third-party bid could help former President Donald Trump win his second term in office.
    — Joe Manchin, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
  • He is set to give a press conference on Thursday, one that observers will look to for evidence as to whether Biden is up for the four months left of the campaign and another term in office.
    — Jared Gans, The Hill, 9 July 2024

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