How to Use constitutionally in a Sentence
constitutionally
adverb- I'm afraid that I'm constitutionally incapable of carrying a tune.
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That conduct is very close to the line and very much over the line to what is constitutionally allowed.
—Omari Daniels, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2023
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At that point he was constitutionally barred from standing again.
—The Economist, 13 July 2017
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Instead, all the court can do, constitutionally speaking, is get out of the way.
—Ryan D. Doerfler, The New Republic, 13 Oct. 2020
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Widodo has served two terms and is constitutionally barred from seeking a third.
—Winda Charmila, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2024
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In some ways, this is part of a constitutionally very dangerous but long-running trend.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 21 Feb. 2026
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But should that give him the right to run for reelection, something that’s constitutionally banned?
—Nelson Mauricio Rauda Zablah, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Jan. 2024
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And so for the most part, the legal answer is that the president can't do this constitutionally.
—Esme Murphy, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
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People who lose control of their substance use have long been deemed constitutionally weak-willed, doomed to a life of moral turpitude.
—Zachary Siegel, Scientific American, 9 July 2024
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The speaker argued that proxy voting could lead to bills being passed in a way that could be constitutionally invalid.
—Mica Soellner, Washington Examiner, 2 Sep. 2020
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Lasso is now constitutionally required to call new elections within the next six months.
—Diego Lasarte, Quartz, 17 May 2023
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And when that moment happens, your state is constitutionally required to pay those pensions.
—Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
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Trump is constitutionally limited to two terms, which is pointed out in a disclaimer on the website.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 20 Nov. 2025
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What the proposal does not and cannot do is force us to change our business, which is lawful and constitutionally protected.
—Fortune, 9 May 2018
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Plates, cups, books, bodies, and all the rest are too small, not contingently, but constitutionally.
—Becca Rothfeld, Harper's Magazine, 2 Mar. 2024
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But Fox, a constitutionally speedy person, also speaks of learning how to be still within his life, to slow down, look around.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2023
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The state is constitutionally required to use revenue from logging the land to benefit schools.
—Rob Davis | The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, 9 May 2017
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Her main job is to see the country through to elections, which constitutionally have to be held before the end of January.
—Max De Haldevang, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2019
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His letter states the prison is constitutionally required to provide a safe source of water to prisoners.
—Angie Jackson, Detroit Free Press, 19 Sep. 2020
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Edita had two sons, both constitutionally miserable, who spent their days perched on stools out front, listening to the radio.
—Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
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He’s constitutionally barred from running again, yet constantly toys with the notion.
—Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2026
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Those codes include bans on speech that would be constitutionally protected if made by everyday people.
—Brieanna J. Frank, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
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Those codes include bans on speech that would be constitutionally protected if made by everyday people.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 25 Nov. 2025
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Stepping down when constitutionally required to do is not hard, compared with what Nobel prizewinners for physics have to achieve.
—The Economist, 8 Mar. 2021
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Black people are constitutionally required to have a white friend under the penalty of being declared a reverse racist.
—Michael Harriot, The Root, 5 Apr. 2018
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They are not constitutionally required in the Senate's role of advice and consent.
—Doug McKelway, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2018
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For the constitutionally morbid, such as Leopold, nowhere can outgloom Venice.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2023
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For most of his career, Huang has seemed constitutionally incapable of standing still.
—Mariella Rudi, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
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But only two of the judges on Friday found that Musk was likely acting constitutionally.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 28 Mar. 2025
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But some are opposed, fearing the new law is a constitutionally questionable reaction to a single case that could lead to more death sentences.
—Dakin Andone, CNN, 14 Apr. 2023
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