How to Use concurrence in a Sentence

concurrence

noun
  • The bill would have to return to the Senate for a concurrence vote.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2020
  • The bill now heads back to the House for possible concurrence.
    — Laura Hancock, cleveland, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Justice Kavanaugh’s concurrence, frankly, doesn’t give me a lot of hope or faith.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 28 June 2022
  • The separate concurrence in the travel ban case felt to me like a Kennedy mic drop.
    — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 27 June 2018
  • Thomas, writing in his concurrence, agreed but said the justices should unsettle them next.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 20 Oct. 2022
  • What was hyperbole is now a road map straight from the concurrences of one of the most radical justices.
    — Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, 17 June 2024
  • This concurrence of maladies presents central bankers—now, as then—with a Hobson’s choice.
    — Alan S. Blinder, WSJ, 28 Apr. 2022
  • But that’s the end of my concurrence with this cosmetic and ridiculous stunt of showmanship.
    — Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The bill will go back to the state Senate for concurrence on amendments approved by the House.
    — Rachel Herzog, Arkansas Online, 16 Mar. 2021
  • The legislation now heads back to the Senate for a concurrence vote.
    — Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland, 3 Mar. 2022
  • The Senate has filed a motion to concur with the amendments, but has not yet voted on the concurrence.
    — London Gibson, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Apr. 2021
  • The teams behind both shows—which only became aware of each other over the summer—welcome the concurrence.
    — Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 18 Nov. 2025
  • The bill now heads back to the House for a concurrence vote, though the House isn’t likely to meet again until early next year.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Well, what, the thing that was most strange for me about the Thomas concurrence was that the idea of paving the way to outlaw contraception, right?
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 27 June 2022
  • Such edge cases typically involve a concurrence of failures that are hard to conceive of and are still harder to test for.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Nov. 2019
  • But the decision included a concurrence and a dissent and took a total of 61 pages.
    — Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2018
  • The 31-10 Senate vote sends the bill back to the House for concurrence on amendments.
    — Morgan Lee, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The House resolutions now go to the Senate for concurrence.
    — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Due to the amendment, the bill will need to be passed again by the House in a concurrence vote before going on to the governor’s desk for approval.
    — Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive, 17 May 2021
  • Of course, the expectation is that 15% would rise and rise with the concurrence of ever-grasping politicians.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes, 19 July 2022
  • The emergency could be extended for 30 days with the concurrence of the governor.
    — Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The Assembly needs to vote on the bill before the Senate can send it off to Newsom on concurrence.
    — Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The entire Senate would need to approve it before it’s sent back to the Assembly on concurrence.
    — Hannah Wileystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2022
  • It is expected to pass a concurrence vote in the State Senate as early as Wednesday.
    — Steve Berkowitz, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Members of the ethics panel, including Morton, are appointed to three-year terms by the school board chair with the concurrence of the board.
    — Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2021
  • The bill passed the Senate on a 26-13 vote Monday, and awaits a House concurrence vote.
    — Morgan Lee, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2024
  • With Burdick's amendment in place, the bill needs not only a Senate floor vote but also a House concurrence vote.
    — Hillary Borrud, OregonLive.com, 6 July 2017
  • In a 46-page concurrence, Gorsuch stressed the primary role of Congress.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Chief Justice John Roberts wrote a concurrence arguing that the court shouldn't go so far as to overturn Roe in this case.
    — Fox News, 29 June 2022
  • In the wake of that concurrence, the White House put the onus on Congress to act on addressing the pending eviction crisis.
    — Tierney Sneed, CNN, 9 Aug. 2021

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