How to Use charter member in a Sentence

charter member

noun
  • And right there in the center, the names of the 13 charter members.
    — The Arizona Republic, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Kansas City came up because some of our charter members were from here or had deep ties here.
    — Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Her parents were charter members.
    — Jermont Terry, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • When the rolls closed, shortly thereafter, 80 people had signed on as charter members.
    — Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Homemade orange rolls are a charter member of the Southern bread basket hall of fame.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 1 July 2023
  • Utah was one of the league’s original eight charter members in 1996.
    — Terrence Thomas, San Antonio Express-News, 11 May 2018
  • The Beach Boys’ best songs have stood the test of time, even if the band’s few remaining charter members have not.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
  • If somebody opens a late-night Hall of Fame, O'Brien is charter member.
    — Bill Carter For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 19 Nov. 2020
  • UConn was a charter member of the Big East, which was formed in 1979.
    — Pat Eaton-Robb, Houston Chronicle, 26 June 2019
  • Which, according to the charter members of the Cult of Cannabidiol, are many.
    — Lavanya Ramanathan, chicagotribune.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • How about a charter member of the new Megatron World Conference?
    — Scott Keepfer, USA TODAY, 21 July 2022
  • Three of the other charter members from our 1969 club year were there last Saturday too.
    — Jane Napier Neely, La Cañada Valley Sun, 14 Oct. 2019
  • The late Ann Douthit, a charter member, established the group's scholarship donor fund.
    — Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Fullerton and Long Beach are two of the three remaining charter members of the Big West.
    — Chris Foster, latimes.com, 9 Mar. 2018
  • In 1999, he was inducted as a charter member of the Padres Hall of Fame.
    — Karen Pearlman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Nations that want to become permanent members must pay $1 billion to become charter members.
    — Josh Meyer, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Fort Lauderdale has been a charter member of Little League since 1952.
    — Emmett Hall, sun-sentinel.com, 22 July 2021
  • Both are charter members of the Giving Pledge, which consists of billionaires who promise to give away half their wealth in their lifetimes.
    — Joe Garofoli, SFChronicle.com, 15 Dec. 2019
  • The Red Bulls take a 23-22-15 lead in the all-time series between the charter members.
    — CBS News, 23 May 2026
  • After all, charter members were awarded certain benefits.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Her mother was a charter member of the club, according to the mother's 2006 obituary.
    — Detroit Free Press, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Despite being a charter member of the American League, the Sox have sometimes been a renegade club.
    — Joe Lapointe, Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2019
  • Or go down in history as the mayor who lost a charter member of the National Football League to the suburbs.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 1 Oct. 2021
  • The school had been a charter member of the Atlantic Coast Conference since the league’s founding in 1953.
    — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 14 Apr. 2018
  • The charter member of the American League has been called the Indians since 1915.
    — Robert Higgs, cleveland.com, 29 Jan. 2018
  • Big 12 history Half of the league’s 12 charter members will remain when Texas and Oklahoma are gone.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 29 June 2023
  • Whereas Ohtani is the charter member of the 50/50 club, ElAttrache could become the first surgeon in the four-for-four club.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
  • In 1876, the White Stockings became a charter member of the National League.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The Ormsby is currently accepting applications for its charter members.
    — Randy Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 29 May 2025
  • Bucky Badger has a much larger profile as a charter member of the Mascot Hall of Fame (inducted in 2006).
    — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2018

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