White House

noun

-ˌhau̇s 

1

: a residence of the president of the U.S.

2

: the executive department of the U.S. government

Examples of White House in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

One former board member, Dan Scavino Jr., a longtime Trump aide who led his White House’s social media operation and is now advising Trump’s presidential campaign, was paid $240,000 last year through a consulting agreement with his company, Hudson Digital. —Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024

Image Elaine Kamarck, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a former official in the Clinton White House, said Mr. Biden’s approach resembled that of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who enacted programs like Social Security that fundamentally altered the fabric of American life. —Nicholas Nehamas, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024

Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy is a White House Correspondent for USA TODAY. —USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2024

In 2022, Andrés persuaded Biden to hold a White House conference on hunger, nutrition, and health, the first of its kind held since 1969. —Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024

To demonstrate his displeasure, Netanyahu canceled a White House visit by some of his most senior advisers. —Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024

As for the growing criticism of Netanyahu from the Biden White House and its allies? —Jeremy Diamond, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024

The Miami Federal Correctional Institution is where Trump’s former White House Trade Advisor Peter Navarro is currently serving out a four-month prison sentence for defying a congressional subpoena related to the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol. —Max Greenwood, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024

These influencers are now just about as involved in the political news ecosystem as any White House pool reporter. —Makena Kelly, WIRED, 4 Apr. 2024

Word History

Etymology

the White House, mansion in Washington, D.C., assigned to the use of the president of the U.S.

First Known Use

1811, in the meaning defined at sense 1