term of/in office

noun phrase

: the time when a person holds a job or position of authority especially in the government

Examples of term of/in office in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web France will send its ambassador to the inauguration of Russian President Vladimir Putin for his next six-year term in office on Tuesday, a French diplomatic source said on Monday, in contrast with Germany which said it would not be represented. Fox News, 6 May 2024 Thirty-three percent said the same of Trump’s term in office. Matthew Continetti, National Review, 4 May 2024 Bevin, a Republican, was elected governor of Kentucky in 2015, serving one term in office. Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 1 May 2024 Nearly a billion voters are expected to flock to the polls over the next month to elect 543 members to India’s Parliament – and determine whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will win a third term in office. Fahad Shah, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Apr. 2024 And that has worsened in recent months as some high-profile Republicans are choosing to resign early, well before their term in office ends. Fox News Staff, Fox News, 27 Mar. 2024 And whatever Putin’s efforts to spin things in his favor, Russia’s longer-term problems – demographic decline, the cost of war and sanctions, and the inherent brittleness of one-man rule – are not likely to disappear before Putin stands for a sixth term in office. Nathan Hodge, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024 Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images The president has seen little turnover among the senior leaders in his administration across his first term in office. Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 11 Mar. 2024 Previously, Arizona officials elected in 2022 were not required to detail any of their political finances until 2026, when many would seek a second term in office. Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 8 Apr. 2024

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“Term of/in office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/term%20of%2Fin%20office. Accessed 12 May. 2024.

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