president pro tempore

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noun U.S. Government.

a senator, usually a senior member of the majority party, who is chosen to preside over the Senate in the absence of the vice president.

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How to use president pro tempore in a sentence

McDougle is chairman of the chamber’s GOP caucus and Newman is the former president pro tempore.
Virginia General Assembly leaders name lawmakers to new redistricting commission|Gregory S. Schneider|December 3, 2020|Washington Post
Submission is set in a France seven years from now that is dominated by a Muslim president intent on imposing Islamic law.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He sees himself as the first Muslim president of all Europe.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
By 2012, Democratic President Barack Obama owned the Asian-American vote, winning it by 47 percentage points.
Asian-Americans Are The New Florida|Tim Mak|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST

While Huckabee is thinking about his run for president, I thought it was time to think about Huckabee.
The Devil in Mike Huckabee|Dean Obeidallah|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
On Tuesday, President Obama will meet with Enrique Peña Nieto, the President of Mexico.
Why Mexicans Are Enraged by Obama’s Big Tuesday Meeting|Ruben Navarrette Jr.|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The president sat in a chair which came over with the pilgrims in their ship, the Mayflower.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
John Thornton Kirkland, president of Harvard university, died, aged 70.
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This group contains the name of the only President (Andrew Johnson) who was ever sought to be impeached.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
They generally give the impression that they don't even know who happens to be the President of the moment.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
In addition, the currency notes of the Government served in the place pro tanto of the Bank of England notes.
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