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ex officio
adjective as in by virtue of office
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Example Sentences
Insurrection is one of the few crimes that is not covered by the president’s ex officio immunity.
“The Iowa Democrats have made a mistake,” said David Scanlan, the New Hampshire secretary of state, a position that has long been the ex officio guardian of the state’s first-in-the-nation primary status.
Bar in 1873, she sent a letter to President Ulysses S. Grant, who was president ex officio of the National University Law School, to demand her sheepskin.
The Reserve Bank Board comprises nine members, with three ex officio members – the Governor, the Deputy Governor and the Secretary to the Treasury – and six non-executive members, who are appointed by the Treasurer.
A seventh commissioner, John Falcicchio, the deputy mayor for planning and economic development and Bowser’s chief of staff, serves as an ex officio member, giving Bowser control over a majority of the seats.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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