pro tempore

adverb

pro tem·po·re prō-ˈtem-pə-rē

: for the time being

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web In the Senate, the chamber often compared to a retirement home, where the average age has climbed to 56 from 47 since 1980, Senator Patrick J. Leahy, 82, the Vermont Democrat serving as president pro tempore, is retiring. —

Peter Baker, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2022 Passidomo on Monday named Sen. Ben Albritton, a Wauchula Republican who is slated to become president in 2024, as majority leader and Sen. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala, as president pro tempore. —

Jim Turner, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2022 First elected in 1974, Mr. Leahy is currently the longest-serving senator and as president pro tempore, is third in line for the presidency after Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.). —

Kristina Peterson, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2022 In 2017, she was selected as majority leader of the Democratic caucus, before becoming the first woman to serve as president pro tempore in 2021. —

Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 9 Nov. 2022 The Senate voted by acclamation to elect Hester as Senate president pro tempore. —

Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 10 Jan. 2023 If the presidency is vacated, the president pro tempore of the Senate — currently Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. — is next in line, after the speaker, to occupy the Oval Office and assume presidential duties. —

Dallas News, 3 Jan. 2023 Harris is also the first Black or Asian American vice president, and Senate President pro tempore Toni G. Atkins is the first openly LGBTQ person to lead the statehouse’s upper chamber. —

Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2022 At a weekend retreat at Gleneden Beach, Senate Democrats also chose Sen. James Manning of Eugene as their nominee for Senate president pro tempore. —

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