During her mayoralty, the mayor greatly improved the city.
He won the mayoralty in the last two elections.
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Lurie has focused his mayoralty on improving quality of life in the city and bringing back business to the city’s downtown, which emptied out during the pandemic.—Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 3 Feb. 2026 In the first year of Newsom’s mayoralty, the hotel workers went on strike.—Maya Singer, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2026 There have been sweeps of encampments under the mayoralties of Adams and Bill de Blasio, the man who Mamdani says was the best mayor in recent decades.—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026 Bass, who won the mayoralty in 2022, is seeking re-election.—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mayoralty
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Etymology
Middle English mairaltee, from Anglo-French mairalté, from maire