mayoralty

noun

may·​or·​al·​ty ˈmā-ə-rəl-tē How to pronounce mayoralty (audio)
ˈmer-əl-
: the office or term of office of a mayor

Examples of mayoralty in a Sentence

During her mayoralty, the mayor greatly improved the city. He won the mayoralty in the last two elections.
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But his mayoralty has been flexible and data-driven, and by most metrics very successful. Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024 Eastwood, of course, never achieved office higher than the mayoralty of Carmel-by-the-Sea, Calif., but the organizing principle remains the same: what makes a celebrity, to Trump, is charisma, which can’t be taught. Ramin Setoodeh, Washington Post, 17 June 2024 All 128 seats in the Senate and all 500 in the lower house, local congresses in 31 states, nine state governorships, and the mayoralty of Mexico City will also be on the ballot. Denise Dresser, Foreign Affairs, 17 May 2024 Two years into the administration of Mayor Adams, many of the forebodings against his mayoralty have come true. Darren MacK, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mayoralty 

Word History

Etymology

Middle English mairaltee, from Anglo-French mairalté, from maire

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mayoralty was in the 14th century

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“Mayoralty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mayoralty. Accessed 5 Dec. 2024.

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mayoralty

noun
may·​or·​al·​ty ˈmā-ə-rəl-tē How to pronounce mayoralty (audio)
ˈmer-əl-
plural mayoralties
: the office or term of office of a mayor

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