presidential
adjective
pres·i·den·tial
ˌpre-zə-ˈden(t)-shəl 
ˌprez-ˈden(t)-
1
a
: of, relating to, or befitting a president or a president's authority
presidential duties/responsibilities
a presidential pardon
a presidential manner/bearing
the presidential library
b
: of or relating to the election of a president
the presidential campaign
a presidential convention
c
: performing functions delegated by or under the authority of a president
a presidential committee
a presidential agent
2
: of, based upon, or having the characteristics of presidential government
a presidential system
a presidential republic
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The presidential adviser is an architect of a lot of Trump's hard-line culture war policies, including immigration, but also the administration's stance on transgender rights and diversity initiatives.
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Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 14 June 2025
Trump made historic gains among Hispanic voters in 2024, with only 55 percent supporting Kamala Harris to Trump's 43 percent—an 8-point increase from 2020 and the highest percentage for a Republican presidential candidate since such data has been tracked.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
In the 2020 presidential election, the party’s young presidential candidate, Krzysztof Bosak, then in his late thirties, attracted 6.78% of the vote.
—Alejandro Antonio Chafuen, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
By 2020, Sanders was listed alongside asterisk candidate former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio as one of the two hardest-core ICE abolitionists in that year’s Democratic presidential field.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2025
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Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 14 June 2025
Trump made historic gains among Hispanic voters in 2024, with only 55 percent supporting Kamala Harris to Trump's 43 percent—an 8-point increase from 2020 and the highest percentage for a Republican presidential candidate since such data has been tracked.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
In the 2020 presidential election, the party’s young presidential candidate, Krzysztof Bosak, then in his late thirties, attracted 6.78% of the vote.
—Alejandro Antonio Chafuen, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
By 2020, Sanders was listed alongside asterisk candidate former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio as one of the two hardest-core ICE abolitionists in that year’s Democratic presidential field.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2025
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“Presidential.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/presidential. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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