mayoral
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- adjective
- /ˈmeɪərəl/
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municipal
- At the signing ceremony for the mayoral-control bill in June 2002, Bloomberg heralded a new era of accountability.
- mayoral election
- mayoral candidate
- mayoral race
I said in the mayoral campaign, we must be friends with everyone in the world.
- I said in the mayoral campaign, we must be friends with everyone in the world.
- He got less votes in the London mayoral election than that guy that has the bin on his head.
Examples
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I think we're going to see more cities, big major school districts having mayoral control.
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I officially withdraw from this mayoral race.
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Welcome to the third and final New York City mayoral debate.
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We have a mayoral race that's coming up decided a week from this just this Tuesday.
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Separate votes were cast for mayoral candidates in each of the metropolitan areas and for provincial governor.
Academic text (1995) -
My fellow Americans, welcome to the first of two televised mayoral debates.
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Amazingly, the Democrats have not won a mayoral election in that city since 1989.
Blog text (6) -
For years, Rudy Giuliani had pressed for mayoral control but was denied it.
Academic text (2011) -
Today on "Good Morning Paradise," mayoral candidate Eugene Wells joins us to talk about the new political landscape, and the newest toy craze of the year...
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The mayoral election will determine the next leader of the city.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word mayoral comes from mayor, which comes from the old Latin word maior meaning 'greater' and shares the same root as major. So mayoral means 'relating to the mayor', the city's leading official.