How to Use head of state in a Sentence

head of state

noun phrase
Definition of head of statenext
  • The British monarch is still the country’s head of state.
    — Keiran Smith, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Jan. 2024
  • In Iran, the supreme leader, not the president, is the head of state.
    — Joy Burton, NBC News, 20 Apr. 2024
  • All of these realms count his father, King Charles, as their head of state.
    — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 6 Nov. 2023
  • This would mark his first visit as Australia's head of state.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2024
  • In 1980, Iceland also became the first country in the world to elect a female as head of state.
    — Astha Rajvanshi, TIME, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The 400-member National Assembly then elects the head of state for the next five-year term.
    — Emma Ogao, ABC News, 29 May 2024
  • The head of state also spoke of the Roubaix native’s commitment to the Notre-Dame’s restoration in wake of the fire that ravaged the cathedral in 2019.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The first time a sitting US president met with the North Korean head of state.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2023
  • And an audience with a head of state alone is a sign of great importance and respect.
    — David Pierson, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2023
  • Of course, an aircraft styled for a VVIP or head of state wouldn’t be complete without space for an entourage.
    — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Raisi’s visit would be the first to Saudi Arabia by an Iranian head of state since 2012.
    — WSJ, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Charles also holds the role of head of state in Australia due to its position as a commonwealth realm.
    — Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Opponents hope for a rejection of the concept that someone from the other side of the world is Australia’s head of state.
    — Rod McGuirk, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
  • As Britain's head of state, the king meets weekly with the prime minister and retains his mother's role as leader of the Commonwealth.
    — Kirsten Grieshaber and Danica Kirka, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The president, as the head of state and guardian of the constitution cannot allow such a gigantic crisis of the state and harm to the citizens.
    — Rob Schmitz, NPR, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Charles’ visit to Australia will be a key test of his popularity as head of state.
    — Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN, 14 July 2024
  • So, that as the image of the fallout of losing the patriarchal head of the family and the head of state is really astute and quite thrilling.
    — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 13 June 2024
  • Princess Leonor began three years of military training to prepare for her future as the country's head of state.
    — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Suu Kyi created the role of state counselor to work around the military’s obstruction and became the de facto head of state.
    — Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The Israeli head of state was describing his nation’s horror over the Hamas attack on Oct. 7 when the pope issued a blunt rejoinder.
    — Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Another of the monarch’s visible duties as head of state is hosting world leaders during their visits to the U.K.
    — Sylvia Hui, Danica Kirka, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The decision by the palace to disclose to the public that the king, Britain’s head of state, was being treated for cancer, provided a rare candid insight into the health of a monarch.
    — Megan Specia, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024
  • That raised eyebrows in a country where the president — though hailing from the center-right — serves as the ceremonial head of state.
    — Catarina Fernandes Martins, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024
  • At the time, William’s grandmother was head of state of both countries (positions which have passed to King Charles), and the movement to remove her as the Jamaican head of state was gaining traction.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 24 Jan. 2024
  • All of this can, of course, be ramped up to your heart’s content—a battalion of close-quarter agents and a fleet of armored vehicles worthy of a visiting head of state.
    — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Zéphirin was among those who had switched allegiance from the head of state to the first lady, according to Badio, a main suspect in the murder conspiracy.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Burhan was the head of state, and Hemeti was placed in an elevated political position.
    — Justin Lynch, CNN, 17 Apr. 2023
  • The findings may also figure in debates in some of the remaining Commonwealth realms about whether to continue to recognize the British monarch as their head of state.
    — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Blowing a debate is vastly different than say, forgetting how the nuclear codes work or even just forgetting the name of a head of state.
    — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2024
  • His functions as head of state include meeting weekly with the prime minister to consult, warn, and advise on issues of the day, giving royal assent to new laws, and opening and proroguing Parliament.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024

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