Examples of commander in chief in a Sentence
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The commander in chief’s remarks are scheduled to begin at 10:15 a.m. from West Point, New York.
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Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 24 May 2025
President Trump signed an executive order calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs to house up to 6,000 homeless veterans on its West Los Angeles campus, but even promoters of the idea are skeptical of the commander in chief’s follow-through.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2025
Tapper invented this smokescreen to cover up an incapable commander in chief during one of the most perilous times in our nation's history.
—Mark R. Weaver, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
Trump is both the commander in chief and a business partner of foreign governments in Serbia, the United Arab Emirates and Oman.
—Eric Lipton, New York Times, 14 May 2025
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Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 24 May 2025
President Trump signed an executive order calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs to house up to 6,000 homeless veterans on its West Los Angeles campus, but even promoters of the idea are skeptical of the commander in chief’s follow-through.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2025
Tapper invented this smokescreen to cover up an incapable commander in chief during one of the most perilous times in our nation's history.
—Mark R. Weaver, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
Trump is both the commander in chief and a business partner of foreign governments in Serbia, the United Arab Emirates and Oman.
—Eric Lipton, New York Times, 14 May 2025
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“Commander in chief.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commander%20in%20chief. Accessed 31 May. 2025.
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