take office

idiom

: to begin the job or responsibility of one in a position of authority especially in the government
The former governor took office in 1998.

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Bailey was named a couple weeks ago to be a co-deputy director at the FBI and is expected to take office Monday. Jason Rosenbaum, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025 The next commissioner will take office under heightened scrutiny and a fractured trust environment, which is precisely when these strong structural protections are most needed. Brent Dykes, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025 Bridges is being appointed after the candidate initially elected to the post in April, Susan Hanson, declined to take office after relocating outside St. Charles, according to past reporting. Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2025 At 67, Cuomo would become the oldest mayor to take office in the modern era, and the ex-governor sought to characterize that as a positive, citing his decades of experience working as governor, state attorney general and federal housing secretary. Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 13 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for take office

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“Take office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20office. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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