Examples of mayoralty in a Sentence
During her mayoralty, the mayor greatly improved the city.
He won the mayoralty in the last two elections.
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Billionaire hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman offered to bankroll someone, anyone, who would run against Mamdani, implying his mayoralty would spur a flight with the ultrarich.
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 27 June 2025
Adams won the mayoralty after winning the 2021 Democratic primary, when New York City first used ranked-choice voting.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 26 June 2025
That his mayoralty could end in failure and frustration is just a matter of statistics—most New York City mayors have been seen as failures in one way or another, and many have been outright disasters.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 25 June 2025
Conversely, if Labour does well in the Scottish elections and manages to win the London mayoralty for the first time since 2004, Corbyn could claim that a Labour resurgence had begun under his watch.
—Andrew Hammond, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2015
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 27 June 2025
Adams won the mayoralty after winning the 2021 Democratic primary, when New York City first used ranked-choice voting.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 26 June 2025
That his mayoralty could end in failure and frustration is just a matter of statistics—most New York City mayors have been seen as failures in one way or another, and many have been outright disasters.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 25 June 2025
Conversely, if Labour does well in the Scottish elections and manages to win the London mayoralty for the first time since 2004, Corbyn could claim that a Labour resurgence had begun under his watch.
—Andrew Hammond, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2015
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“Mayoralty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mayoralty. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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mayoralty
noun
may·or·al·ty
ˈmā-ə-rəl-tē 
ˈmer-əl-
plural mayoralties
: the office or term of office of a mayor
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