State of the Union address

noun phrase

: a yearly speech given by the U.S. President to Congress and the people to tell them about important things that are affecting the country

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Clinton invited a survivor of the Oklahoma City bombing who was furloughed during the government shutdown later that year to be his guest for the 1996 State of the Union address. W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2025 Mamdani held his protest announcement on Roosevelt Island, referencing President Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union address that lauded freedom of expression. Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025 Mamdani delivered remarks at a news conference Monday morning at Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park on Roosevelt Island, a location that honored the president’s 1941 State of the Union address, which listed the freedom of speech as one of four fundamental freedoms of American democracy. Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025 In her annual State of the Union address on Wednesday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the bloc intends to accelerate efforts to phase out all purchases of Russian fossil fuels and to crack down on Moscow's shadow oil shipping fleet. Sam Meredith, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for State of the Union address

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