board of supervisors

American  

noun

1. the governing body of a county in many U.S. states, especially in the Midwest and the East, consisting of from 15 to 100 members elected from towns, townships, cities, or wards.

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Example Sentences

County Board of Supervisors, which must give final approval.

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Nguyen was elected to the Orange County Board of Supervisors after Do resigned from his seat amid the legal scandal.

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Kuhn said that under the state’s Unfair Competition Law, the county counsel’s office does not need a formal vote of the Board of Supervisors to proceed with a civil action.

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“Altadena residents have already endured unimaginable loss and they shouldn’t have to fight their own insurance company to recover,” said Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Kathryn Barger, whose district includes Altadena.

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“When he came and encountered the L.A. County Board of Supervisors, it became a really good use of that stubbornness.”

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