How to Use mayoralty in a Sentence
mayoralty
noun- He won the mayoralty in the last two elections.
- During her mayoralty, the mayor greatly improved the city.
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This is one of the few things anyone can say with any certainty about the Adams mayoralty.
—Curbed, 22 Aug. 2022
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In the first year of Newsom’s mayoralty, the hotel workers went on strike.
—Maya Singer, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2026
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The storms arrived with the start of his mayoralty in December.
—The New York Times, Orange County Register, 22 Apr. 2017
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If the Paris mayoralty has its say, however, these tour buses may not exist for much longer.
—Natasha Frost, Quartz, 4 July 2019
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Bass, who won the mayoralty in 2022, is seeking re-election.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026
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The mayor is the first to admit that his ability to address crime will define his mayoralty.
—New York Times, 15 July 2022
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And even during his campaigns for the mayoralty, his debate record was proficient rather than stellar.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2020
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After six-plus years of his mayoralty, New York is divided to the point of breaking.
—Michael Toscano, National Review, 3 Sep. 2020
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His daughter took on the mayoralty in his place, but Duterte continued to reign in City Hall.
—Sheila S. Coronel, Foreign Affairs, 11 Mar. 2020
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The state regulates e-coin, but the city may well have an interest in the sector under a Yang mayoralty, too.
—New York Times, 6 May 2021
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Campaigns for the mayoralty, swirling controversies around the state of the city and the presidential election were in full swing.
—Danielle Echeverria, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 July 2025
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The storm could serve as one of the first major tests of Mamdani’s mayoralty and his crisis management abilities.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
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Living costs in New York, for example, were the fastest growing in the country during most of his mayoralty.
—Daniel Wortel-London, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2026
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And this aide stressed that as was the case at the end of his mayoralty, finding jobs for people who might need them is a top personal priority for Bloomberg.
—Caitlin Conant, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2020
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At the time, Gatti did not see a mayoralty, governorship, or a presidency on the horizon.
—Maya Singer, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2026
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This must be stopped, and his mayoralty should be terminated immediately.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 15 Nov. 2025
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Can those early years make a difference now, as James tries to lift levels of trust and understanding between races in the autumn of his mayoralty?
—Bill Turque, kansascity, 23 Mar. 2018
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The upshot was that Mamdani came from near-obscurity as a state assemblyman to win the mayoralty of the nation’s largest city.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 21 Nov. 2025
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Eric made his assault a cornerstone of his campaign, and held a press conference outside the 103rd on the first day of his mayoralty.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
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Tuesday night Walsh plans to say the transition to a Janey mayoralty has already begun and will continue smoothly.
—Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Jan. 2021
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The irony of course is that this is all unfolding in the waning days of a mayoralty that had committed itself above all to recognizing the unrecognized.
—New York Times, 29 Oct. 2021
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Boykins' removal, along with the fact that the recordings were never released, have been seen as a kind of original sin for Buttigieg's mayoralty among some black residents.
—Matt Pearce, Anchorage Daily News, 23 June 2019
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Boykins’ removal, along with the fact that the recordings were never released, have been seen as a kind of original sin for Buttigieg’s mayoralty among some black residents.
—Matt Pearce, latimes.com, 23 June 2019
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The 78-year-old has amassed support from city unions, including former supporters of Thao during her mayoralty.
—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
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Two years into the administration of Mayor Adams, many of the forebodings against his mayoralty have come true.
—Darren MacK, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2024
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Chicago saw nothing but credit upgrades for the seven years that preceded Johnson’s mayoralty.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
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Still, journeys start with steps, and the city is on its way — finally really starting to make good on the core promise of Eric Adams’ mayoralty.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2025
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Her acting mayoralty has also garnered coverage in The New York Times.
—BostonGlobe.com, 2 Apr. 2021
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