How to Use councillor in a Sentence

councillor

noun
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  • Meanwhile, their children, councillors and allies all seem hungry for war—and ensure there’s no turning back.
    — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 13 June 2024
  • Just a few months ago, Jyoti Gondek was a city councillor with 2% name recognition and a dream.
    — Courtney Shea, refinery29.com, 2 Nov. 2021
  • The security guard lets go of Ruiter within a few seconds, and the councillor escapes with a red mark across his neck.
    — WIRED, 30 Mar. 2023
  • It was later reported that the culprit had been the Bolsonaros’ techie son, Carlos, who is a city councillor in Rio de Janeiro, and with whom she was said to have had a fight.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Ben Maguire, councillor for the prosecution, the woman is likely to see a prison sentence.
    — Charlie Sorrel, WIRED, 12 July 2007
  • Such a scheme would struggle to be justified now, says Steve Battlemuch, the councillor who chairs the company’s board.
    — The Economist, 3 May 2018
  • The pair even kissed following the murder of the Changs, with Kai telling Meadow that her work murdering the councillor was impeccable.
    — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Oct. 2017
  • In local government, just a third of councillors in England are women, with even fewer in Wales (28%) and Scotland (24%).
    — Jo Swinson, Time, 8 June 2018
  • Chelsea must now wait for the outcome of Monday's councillors meeting but believe the local government has the power to kill the injunction by the use of planning law.
    — SI.com, 12 Jan. 2018
  • Many of its victims were local councillors, business people or police in the small towns and tight valleys in the hinterland of San Sebastián.
    — The Economist, 9 May 2018
  • Instead that seat was contested by Au Nok-hin, a district councillor and activist.
    — The Economist, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Derrick Ssonko, a mechanic in blue overalls, says he was inspired to run for local councillor, but the party ticket went to a rival who paid a bribe.
    — The Economist, 7 Nov. 2020
  • Members of a pro-police Facebook group called Back the Blue Tulsa brought similar questions to a local city councillor.
    — Victor Luckerson, The New Yorker, 19 Nov. 2020
  • Stuart Wright, a councillor from a Norfolk family, says that some of the new arrivals dug up his grandfather’s potatoes.
    — The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
  • But the more obvious explanation is that councillors are acting at the behest of their union allies.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2018
  • Mr López is looking for a sympathetic councillor to present the petition on the anniversary of Guevara’s death.
    — The Economist, 20 July 2017
  • According to a town councillor quoted in the article, the pond was last cleaned about 20 years prior, around five years before Noggin Clontith made his first foray onto the scene.
    — Raisa Bruner, Time, 26 Mar. 2020
  • Others, though, argue that by blaming councillors for the disaster, the report lets the government off lightly.
    — The Economist, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Miranda Williams, a councillor and cabinet member for children and young people in southeast London, was one of the first to call Clarks out on its sexist branding.
    — Claire Zillman, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2017
  • Earlier this month, Don Cardy, a small town councillor in Canada, was suspended for two days after a racial slur was posted on his Facebook profile.
    — Louise Matsakis, WIRED, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Julia Mejia, a Boston city councillor, after hearing from students who work in her office, posted a tweet asking those who are struggling to find housing to get in touch for help.
    — Natalie Gontcharova, refinery29.com, 12 Mar. 2020
  • While Labour councillors deal with the anti-Semitism row, their Tory rivals face another problem: Brexit.
    — The Economist, 5 Apr. 2018
  • So too was Tiffany Yuen, a district councillor elected in 2019, when prodemocracy candidates, buoyed by months of protests, humiliated the pro-Beijing camp at the polls.
    — Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2021
  • The actress's father, councillor Seb Leslie, owns a castle in his West Garioch constituency.
    — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 May 2018
  • District councils are consultative bodies on local affairs in Hong Kong, and the election will return 452 councillors for a four-year term.
    — Eric Cheung, CNN, 29 Oct. 2019
  • The two-term district councillor was roundly defeated by a prodemocracy candidate whose campaign had been buoyed by months of sustained protests.
    — Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2021
  • Charishma Kaliyanda, who has been a Labor councillor in Liverpool (a suburb within the Fowler electorate) since 2016, agreed.
    — Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 17 Sep. 2021
  • During the pre-council meeting, councillors debated whether to amend the city’s fireworks ordinance.
    — Margaret Kates | Mkates@al.com, al, 26 Jan. 2023
  • But councillors draw a parallel with austerity, where the government outsourced the blame for cuts by forcing local councils to decide what to axe.
    — The Economist, 17 Aug. 2019
  • Both Li and Qin serve among China’s five state councillors, a senior position in the cabinet that outranks a regular minister.
    — Nectar Gan, CNN, 19 Sep. 2023

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