How to Use prime minister in a Sentence

prime minister

noun
  • Ahead of the event, the prime minister’s face has been plastered on billboards around the country.
    Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
  • And hey, by the time Swift rolls into town in fall 2024, the prime minister will be single and ready to mingle with the moms in the crowd.
    Vulture, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Kenya’s prime minister, Raila Odinga, was among those to pay tribute to the 24-year-old.
    Manasi Pathak, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Everyone wants a piece of it, from the students who’ve waited in line to the prime minister.
    Steven Levy, WIRED, 5 Sep. 2023
  • In a statement a short time after 7 a.m., the prime minister’s office said a list had been given.
    NBC News, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Then Sen handed his spot as prime minister to his son, Hun Manet, staying on as head of the party.
    Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The new prime minister has been tasked with forming a cabinet.
    Samy Adghirni, Fortune Europe, 9 Jan. 2024
  • As Britain’s head of state, the king meets weekly with the prime minister and retains his mother’s role as leader of the Commonwealth.
    Danica Kirka, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Under his previous term as prime minister, Sharif had to struggle for months to get a $3-billion bailout from the IMF.
    Munir Ahmed, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Gabriel Attal has been named France’s new prime minister, making history in the process.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The will of Italy’s media-mogul and former prime minister – who died on June 12 at age 86 – was partly made public on Thursday.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 6 July 2023
  • The prime minister offered his reply in Hebrew, which has since been translated by the Times of Israel.
    Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 9 Dec. 2023
  • Proceeds from the windfall tax will be used to help mortgage holders and cut taxes, Italy’s deputy prime minister said.
    Reuters, CNN, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The Danish prime minister then stepped forward and proclaimed the change of reign from the balcony at Christiansborg Castle.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 22 Jan. 2024
  • David Cameron—former British prime minister and ghoulish specter of Brexit past—is back.
    Raven Smith, Vogue, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Eisenhower went on to preview the upcoming visit of the Italian prime minister and the status of the farm bill in Congress.
    Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The article was not approved in advance by the prime minister’s office, as would usually be the case.
    Jill Lawless, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The prime minister paused the legislative process in late March, after demonstrators almost shut down the country, and protests slowed.
    Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
  • Basim al-Awadi, a spokesman for the Iraqi prime minister, said that 16 people, including civilians, were killed and 25 injured in the country.
    Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Hamas took 253 people hostage on Oct. 7, according to the prime minister’s office.
    Mallory Moench, TIME, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Rather than transfer weapons to Ukraine, the prime minister said Poland was now arming itself with the most modern weapons due to fears of Russian aggression in the region.
    Greg Wehner, Fox News, 21 Sep. 2023
  • With the opposition in jail or off the ballots, the prime minister for the past 15 years is expected to maintain her grip on power in what appeared to be a low-turnout vote.
    Saif Hasnat, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2024
  • The two have signed a legal separation agreement, the prime minister's office said in a statement.
    Mark Osborne, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Australia, which had a right-wing prime minister who was a science denier, had a negative excess death rate in 2020.
    Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Some of the demonstrators later marched to the prime minister’s official residence in Jerusalem.
    Hadas Gold, CNN, 12 Sep. 2023
  • And the prime minister has abided by that policy as prime minister.
    Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Gas pumps have selfie points where customers can take a photo with cardboard cutouts of the prime minister alongside a larger-than-life red cylinder.
    Sushmita Pathak, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Yariv Levin will fill in as prime minister while Netanyahu is under anesthesia.
    Jordana Miller, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2024
  • About two months before his death, Moïse had tapped Henry, a neurosurgeon, to serve as his seventh prime minister in four years.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Canada’s prime minister leveled the charge Monday, and an all-out diplomatic war soon followed.
    Mujib Mashal, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Sep. 2023

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