Examples of mayoralty in a Sentence
During her mayoralty, the mayor greatly improved the city.
He won the mayoralty in the last two elections.
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Even brand-name billionaire developer Rick Caruso’s $100 million-plus campaign war chest and spin on latter-day Rockefeller Republicanism couldn’t win him the mayoralty last go-around.
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Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 2 May 2026
On the ninety-first day of Zohran Mamdani’s mayoralty, a group of five truly young New Yorkers convened in a physics classroom at the Bronx High School of Science—Mamdani’s alma mater—to discuss his time in office so far.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
Mayoral control has outlasted individual mayoralties because Albany recognizes time and time again that mayoral control is the choice that puts our children first.
—Dennis Walcott, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
Chicago saw nothing but credit upgrades for the seven years that preceded Johnson’s mayoralty.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
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Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 2 May 2026
On the ninety-first day of Zohran Mamdani’s mayoralty, a group of five truly young New Yorkers convened in a physics classroom at the Bronx High School of Science—Mamdani’s alma mater—to discuss his time in office so far.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
Mayoral control has outlasted individual mayoralties because Albany recognizes time and time again that mayoral control is the choice that puts our children first.
—Dennis Walcott, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
Chicago saw nothing but credit upgrades for the seven years that preceded Johnson’s mayoralty.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
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“Mayoralty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mayoralty. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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mayoralty
noun
may·or·al·ty
ˈmā-ə-rəl-tē 
ˈmer-əl-
plural mayoralties
: the office or term of office of a mayor
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