vice presidency

noun

: the office of vice president

Examples of vice presidency in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The vice presidency is inherently about being the No. 2. Asma Khalid, NPR, 27 Mar. 2024 The vice presidency has always been a high-percentage shot at the presidency. Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 14 Mar. 2024 Hur, a former U.S. attorney from Maryland who also held other posts in President Donald Trump’s Justice Department, was appointed in January to investigate how classified material came to be at the office Biden used in Washington after his vice presidency, as well as at his Wilmington, Del., home. Perry Stein, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2023 Armstrong noted that Biden kept classified documents at his home and offices after leaving the vice presidency. Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2024 At the time, a very-married Edwards was preparing to launch his 2008 presidential campaign after losing the vice presidency just two years prior. Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024 Hur's report, issued last week, said Mr. Biden's retention of classified material after leaving the vice presidency in 2017 did not warrant criminal charges. Stefan Becket, CBS News, 15 Feb. 2024 The report, of course, included damning details of Biden not being able to place the years of his vice presidency nor — and this is what precipitated Biden’s angry press conference in response — the year of his son Beau Biden’s death. The Editors, National Review, 12 Feb. 2024 In private discussions, Mr. Trump had dangled the possibility of a Haley vice presidency for weeks. Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1804, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of vice presidency was in 1804

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“Vice presidency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vice%20presidency. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

Kids Definition

vice presidency

noun
: the office of vice president

Legal Definition

vice-presidency

noun
: the office of vice president
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