speakership
- a word derived from speaker.
Example Sentences
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Obviously, he's going to have a tough speakership this term, because they're only going to have a one- or two-vote majority.
From Salon ● Jan. 4, 2025
In January 2023, California Republican Kevin McCarthy went through 15 rounds of ballots before winning the speakership.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2024
In the same interview, Kinzinger elaborated on his rebuke of McCarthy, who left Congress shortly after being ousted from the speakership in October 2023.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2024
His speakership didn’t seem long for this world.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2024
Consequently, when Papineau was elected to the speakership of the Assembly in 1827, Dalhousie refused to recognize him as speaker; and when the Assembly refused to reconsider his election, Dalhousie promptly dissolved it.
From The 'Patriotes' of '37 A Chronicle of the Lower Canada Rebellion by DeCelles, Alfred D. (Alfred Duclos)
