Examples of head of state in a Sentence
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In Iran, the supreme leader, not the president, is the head of state.
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Joy Burton, NBC News, 20 Apr. 2024
That Thursday, the head of state of Monaco stepped out at Prince's Palace of Monaco to see a changing of the guard and orchestra performance in the Place du Palais courtyard.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 25 Mar. 2024
Two years of destruction and hundreds of thousands of casualties later, the French president is no longer angling to be the one European head of state who understands Putin the best.
—Daniel Depetris, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
Suu Kyi created the role of state counselor to work around the military’s obstruction and became the de facto head of state.
—Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2024
That raised eyebrows in a country where the president — though hailing from the center-right — serves as the ceremonial head of state.
—Catarina Fernandes Martins, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024
While royal family members have filled in for the King at various events since his cancer diagnosis was announced on Feb. 5, the meeting was part of the King's constitutional duty as head of state, according to the BBC.
—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
Zéphirin was among those who had switched allegiance from the head of state to the first lady, according to Badio, a main suspect in the murder conspiracy.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024
With most opposition candidates either dead, jailed, exiled, barred from running or simply token figures, a victory for Putin, who has in effect been Russia’s head of state since before the turn of the century, is all but guaranteed.
—Josh Pennington, Mari Kostenko and Manveena Suri, CNN, 17 Mar. 2024
Joy Burton, NBC News, 20 Apr. 2024
That Thursday, the head of state of Monaco stepped out at Prince's Palace of Monaco to see a changing of the guard and orchestra performance in the Place du Palais courtyard.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 25 Mar. 2024
Two years of destruction and hundreds of thousands of casualties later, the French president is no longer angling to be the one European head of state who understands Putin the best.
—Daniel Depetris, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
Suu Kyi created the role of state counselor to work around the military’s obstruction and became the de facto head of state.
—Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2024
That raised eyebrows in a country where the president — though hailing from the center-right — serves as the ceremonial head of state.
—Catarina Fernandes Martins, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024
While royal family members have filled in for the King at various events since his cancer diagnosis was announced on Feb. 5, the meeting was part of the King's constitutional duty as head of state, according to the BBC.
—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
Zéphirin was among those who had switched allegiance from the head of state to the first lady, according to Badio, a main suspect in the murder conspiracy.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024
With most opposition candidates either dead, jailed, exiled, barred from running or simply token figures, a victory for Putin, who has in effect been Russia’s head of state since before the turn of the century, is all but guaranteed.
—Josh Pennington, Mari Kostenko and Manveena Suri, CNN, 17 Mar. 2024
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“Head of state.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/head%20of%20state. Accessed 29 Apr. 2024.
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