How to Use mayor in a Sentence

mayor

noun
  • The mayor is stepping back and leaving that in the hands of the courts.
    Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The mayor would appoint five of the task force’s members.
    Michael Brice-Saddler, Washington Post, 18 June 2023
  • Still, the mayor said the damage from this storm turned out to be less than the last one in January.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2023
  • The mayor’s plan likely will return to the council in some form.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Fortunately, the mayor got to the event and there was no fallout for him, for me or for the city of Jerusalem.
    Frayda Leibtag, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Carolyn Webb de Macias is the mayor’s new chief of staff.
    Dorany Pineda, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2023
  • And the liberal mayor of the third-largest city, Chicago, began pleading last month for the White House to step in.
    Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The mayor appoints the position, which is confirmed by the City Council.
    Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2023
  • Was the corruption within City Hall limited to the mayor, or did the city itself break the rules?
    Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The first claim was also sent to a member of the mayor’s staff, who confirmed receipt, according to a record of the email reviewed by The Times.
    Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • On Saturday, voters in Houston will decide the next mayor of the fourth-largest city in the country.
    Leah Askarinam, ABC News, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The mayor, Abelina López Rodríguez, believes the timeline will be far longer.
    Emiliano Rodríguez Mega, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Jesse’s like the unofficial mayor of the Lower East Side.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 30 June 2023
  • Health and law enforcement groups have lined up behind the initiative, as have the mayors of the state’s major cities.
    Angela Hart, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The mayor didn’t talk about police reforms Wednesday night.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2024
  • That has lead to friction over the years with mayors, city managers and others in city hall who would rather make those decisions.
    Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Images shot by the mayor showed the entrance to the park blocked off by fencing and military vehicles.
    Armando Garcia, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Since 2010, the city has had a left-wing mayor, Krzysztof Matyjaszczyk, who backs a clear separation between church and state.
    Joanna Kozlowska and Michal Dyjuk, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Those two offices have been merged, yet the mayor has yet to appoint a permanent leader.
    John D. Harden, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Andy Street, the mayor of the neighboring West Midlands region, also gave his support to the campaign to rebuild the pub.
    Leo Sands, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023
  • So if the Caps and Wizards actually leave, does that put more pressure on the mayor to land the Commanders?
    Teo Armus, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The mayor has publicly blamed Abbott for pawning off the migrant crisis to other cities.
    Jennifer Bisram, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The former New York mayor spent over $500 million but finished well behind Biden in the delegate haul.
    Sara Burnett, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2023
  • Their slayings followed the July 26 fatal shooting of the mayor of Manta, Ecuador’s third largest city.
    Time, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The mayor asked city staff and police what else could be done to prevent the sprawling encampments from returning.
    Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2024
  • The mayor said that often little things can trip up small business owners or lengthen the process of opening up a new business.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The mayor got off his bike at the fitness center’s morning spin class to say hello ahead of our formal interview.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2023
  • More recently, Troy Lilly, who is openly gay, was sworn in to serve as mayor of Forest Heights.
    Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post, 29 June 2023
  • The company was told to vacate the property by April 21, according to the letter from the mayor’s office.
    Freida Frisaro, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The mayor is proposing a 35-year lease with two possible five-year extensions.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2024

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