vice presidency

noun

: the office of vice president

Examples of vice presidency in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Cheatle worked with the Bidens during Biden’s vice presidency. Joseph Abrams, Fortune, 15 July 2024 The candidate with the second most was given the vice presidency. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Stephen Henriques, TIME, 6 July 2024 Harris’s vice presidency has been muted by design Unlike Biden’s tenure under former President Barack Obama, Harris’s role as vice president has been low-key. Christian Paz, Vox, 28 June 2024 If the vice presidency was left vacant, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) would be next in the line of presidential succession. W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for vice presidency 

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Word History

First Known Use

1804, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of vice presidency was in 1804

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“Vice presidency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vice%20presidency. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

Kids Definition

vice presidency

noun
: the office of vice president

Legal Definition

vice-presidency

noun
: the office of vice president
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