During her mayoralty, the mayor greatly improved the city.
He won the mayoralty in the last two elections.
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Eric Adams, now tarnished by petty corruption, probably owes his mayoralty to months of good press in the Post during his 2021 campaign.—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 5 May 2025 The party also won two mayoralties: in Greater Lincolnshire, and in Hull and East Yorkshire.—Lizzie Dearden, New York Times, 2 May 2025 By the end of Bloomberg’s mayoralty, his administration had knocked off nearly all of them — including the beginnings of a network of bicycle lanes and pedestrian plazas.—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 18 Apr. 2025 The 78-year-old has amassed support from city unions, including former supporters of Thao during her mayoralty.—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mayoralty
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Etymology
Middle English mairaltee, from Anglo-French mairalté, from maire
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