Definition: 1. The tenure of a president. 2. The office and function of president.
Use 'presidency' in a sentence:
1. one of the leading candidates for the presidency.
2. He is set to pulverise his two opponents in the race for the presidency.
3. 1945 to 1946 was the nadir of Truman's presidency.
4. The most dramatic event of the Nixon presidency occurred in near obscurity.
5. Only one person stood between her and the presidency.
6. To win the presidency he first had to outwit his rivals within the Socialist Party.
7. Britain will support him as a candidate for the presidency of the organisation.
8. She has been nominated for the presidency.
9. Some people think they will try to exchange the presidency between them for the next twelve years.
10. His presidency comes to a close at a time of economic crisis.
11. As the nation moves further into the Obama presidency, will politically engaged young people continue to support the president and his agenda, or will they gradually drift away?
12. She looked on the governorship as a stepping-stone to the presidency.
13. They have been calling the presidency decision a backroom deal.
14. Poverty had declined during his presidency.
15. He looked on the governorship as a stepping-stone to the presidency.
16. After his IOC presidency for Youth, Refugees and Sport to the United Nations.
17. The presidency is beginning to appear a political irrelevance.
18. They have been calling the Presidency decision a backroom deal.
19. Two other men also were candidates for the presidency.
20. His election to the presidency climaxed his political career.
21. The development of the modern presidency in the United States began with Andrew Jackson who swept to power in 1829 at the head of the Democratic Party and served until 1837.
22. Determining how the Democratic challenger would conduct his presidency isn't quite so obvious.
23. Only 8% said that at the beginning of his presidency.
24. During his administration, he immeasurably enlarged the power of the presidency.
25. He has to achieve certain objectives before the end of his presidency.
26. Mr Weber came to believe that his views were no longer compatible with the ECB’s presidency.
27. “We are going to see a lot more Poland and a lot less presidency,” says one diplomat.
28. Even the presidency was handed to him on a platter.
29. The presidency had been transformed from a bully pulpit on Pennsylvania Avenue to a stage the size of the world ( Hugh Sidey)
30. This week one of them will be nominated by the Democratic Party for the presidency of the United States.
31. And Bill Clinton proved that you can win the presidency without being the big money candidate.
32. Martins is a shoo-in for the presidency.
33. But Martelly says despite being opponents for the presidency, he and Jean are friends.
34. Advising him are two other members of the "First Presidency", beneath which are 12 apostles.
35. Any aspirant to the presidency here must be seriously rich.
36. Amusa has ongoing conversations with her friends about how the Obama presidency has changed their daily lives and hopes to put some of those ideas, along with her global perspective, into her posts.
37. He is set to pulverize his two opponents in the race for the presidency.
38. Five candidates want to run for the presidency this year.
39. He used the bully pulpit of the presidency very effectively.
40. On 1 December the presidency of the Security Council automatically transfers from the US to Yemen.
41. Massachusetts Senator John Kerry hunts for pheasant during a campaign stop in Colo, Iowa during his 2004 run for the presidency.
42. He has been using Britain's presidency of the G8 rich nations' club to harangue other global leaders on the need for a successor treatyto Kyoto.
43. Of course, the ultimate authority remained the presidency.
44. He is a candidate for the presidency of the organization.
45. To them, the presidency is the special symbol of nationhood.
46. Before his election to the presidency, Mitterrand had enjoyed a long and varied career.
47. He was already preparing his run for the presidency.
48. Even the presidency was handed to him on a plate.
49. He was a White House official during the Bush presidency.
50. Few expected that he would declare his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the presidency.
51. He won the nomination as Democratic candidate for the presidency.
52. The tensions of the Nixon presidency were replaced by the plain vanilla administration of a friendly, middle-aged, middle-class man from the Middle West.
