How to Use pro tempore in a Sentence

pro tempore

adverb

• Ward is in her second stint as Senate pro tempore and is the first woman to hold the position in the state.
  — Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 25 July 2024
• This week, the bill was signed by the House speaker and the Senate president pro tempore.
  — Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star, 5 Mar. 2020
• That would mean the president pro tempore of the Senate would assume office.
  — Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2020
• Williams will hold the mayoral post until the council can vote on a mayor pro tempore on June 11.
  — Jessica Boehm, azcentral, 29 May 2018
• The speaker pro tempore threatened to resign that position if those calls increased.
  — Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
• The deputy speaker and speaker pro tempore run House sessions from the rostrum when the speaker is absent.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Jan. 2023
• Their findings would be sent to the president pro tempore of the Senate and the speaker of the House.
  — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2020
• Ohio law says council president pro tempore, the village vice mayor, will serve the remainder of the term if the mayor resigns.
  — Jennie Key, Cincinnati.com, 11 May 2018
• Lucas, a Democrat who serves as the president pro tempore in the state Senate, praised the judge's move to drop the charges against her.
  — Fox News, 17 Nov. 2020
• Kevin de León, president pro tempore in the state Senate, announced his plans over social media.
  — Jon Kamp, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2017
• The president pro tempore is the senator in the majority party who has served the longest.
  — Mary Clare Jalonick, chicagotribune.com, 17 Nov. 2020
• Drewenski is mayor pro tempore until an acting mayor is elected.
  — Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
• During her time on the council, Budge has served as mayor five times, vice mayor five times — including this year — and mayor pro tempore once.
  — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 24 Mar. 2026
• Long served for more than 20 years in the Senate and 12 years as Senate president pro tempore.
  — Arika Herron, Indianapolis Star, 15 June 2018
• Swirsky was elected by his peers to serve as president pro tempore in January, 2020.
  — Megan Becka, cleveland, 28 Apr. 2022
• Grassley is third in the line of succession to the presidency as the president pro tempore of the Senate.
  — Grace Segers, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2020
• Drewenski has been mayor pro tempore since Clark’s death, as the senior member of the City Council.
  — Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
• The board Tuesday also updated the rules over how supervisors name their officers — the chair, vice chair and chair pro tempore.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
• The speaker of the House and the Senate president pro tempore receive higher salaries than the other members.
  — Rachel Herzog, Arkansas Online, 22 Sep. 2021
• Bolden served as superintendent pro tempore of Solon Schools for the past school year while Regano was on medical leave.
  — Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 7 July 2020
• Under House rules, McHenry will serve until the election of the next House speaker or speaker pro tempore.
  — Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
• Four are appointed by the president, two by the Speaker of the House and two by the president pro tempore of the Senate.
  — Donovan Slack, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2020
• To quell tensions, Louise Lucas, the president pro tempore of the state Senate, attempted to hush the fuss and set the record straight.
  — Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Mar. 2023
• Afterward Jimmy Shumock, chair pro tempore of the board, called for a vote on the list, which the board approved without opposition.
  — al, 5 Oct. 2021
• Senate president pro tempore 4.
  — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
• In January 2020, Swirsky was elected by his peers in city council to serve as the president pro tempore.
  — Megan Becka, cleveland, 27 May 2021
• Drewenski is serving as mayor pro tempore, and will continue in that position until an acting mayor is selected.
  — Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
• But his best guess is that the clerk would announce that the chair of speaker was vacant and the Speaker pro tempore would immediately take the chair and preside over the House.
  — WSJ, 4 Oct. 2023
• The statute says the speaker of the House is next in line, followed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, and then members of the cabinet, starting with the secretary of state.
  — Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2020
• That’s opened the door to questions about which senator will succeed him as president pro tempore, which is the most powerful position in the Senate, held by the controlling party.
  — Charlotte Observer, 26 Mar. 2026