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UK
/pɹˈɛzɪdənsi/
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[ US /ˈpɹɛzədənsi/ ]
[ US /ˈpɹɛzədənsi/ ]
NOUN
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the office and function of president
Andrew Jackson expanded the power of the presidency beyond what was customary before his time -
the tenure of a president
things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration
How To Use presidency In A Sentence
- First, federal education spending under him is up nearly 50 percent over the final year of the past presidency, so the coalition's charge that the president is stinting the schools is just bunk.
- We have a bunch of Wackadoo doos, who cannot accept that this Black man is the President of the United States and who are going around claiming that he is an undocumented alien and basically suggesting that he arrived at the presidency unlegimately. Police group: Obama should apologize
- He was not going to conduct his presidency through interest groups, by balancing one constituency against another and engaging in the customary horse-trading on the Hill. The Good Fight
- One section will be on what I call stewardship, which is on the role and responsibility of the presidency, what they believe about the constitution, about the role of America. CNN Transcript Aug 16, 2008
- While the generally liberal-leaning U.S. foreign policy establishment was quick to equate Obama's ascent to the presidency with a "new area of international engagement," the realities of realpolitilk has not only forced the President into a "straightjacket" with limited policy options vis-à-vis Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq. Sigurd Neubauer: Tea Partiers, Watch Out: Obama's Iran Policies Echo Bush's
- During his presidency education expanded and the government made efforts to diversify the economy to release Zambia from its dependence on copper.
- After eight years of a presidency that valued cronyism over brains (or even competence) and embraced an anti-intellectualism apotheosized by Sarah Palin, it's a godsend to have a president who puts a premium on merit. Steven G. Brant: Progressives Deserve to Be Worried About the Obama Administration
- The five-course banquet was the first in Mr Bush's presidency to demand a white tie dress code.
- I remember during the 8-year Bush Presidency, various friends of mine on the Left eviscerated President Bush on every word stumble, misplaced thought, "unpolitical" correct utterance, and his Texas ways many times. The Moderate Voice
- Well, I don't think when you're talking about the history of a presidency the job simply is to unify the country.