How to Use ex officio in a Sentence

ex officio

adverb or adjective
  • Grenell countered that ex officio members don’t get a vote.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Lara, who is openly gay, is a former vice chair of the committee and remains an ex officio member.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2022
  • Records show it was formed as a non-profit with a board that includes hospital leaders as ex officio members.
    — Lee Roop | [email protected], al, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The governor, an ex officio member, put in a rare appearance.
    — New York Times, 14 July 2021
  • Three of the panel’s 11 voting members are students, as is one of its ex officio members.
    — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Mar. 2021
  • In this case, such president serves as an ex officio governor until the completion of their term.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 15 June 2026
  • Congress also designates ex officio members of the board, who remain.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 30 Dec. 2025
  • The city’s chief financial officer would serve as an ex officio, nonvoting member.
    — Steve Thompson, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2022
  • The county tax assessor-collector would serve as an ex officio director.
    — Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News, 10 July 2023
  • At the time, the center said that the change was intended to reflect a long-standing precedent that ex officio members don’t have voting power.
    — Janay Kingsberry, The Atlantic, 6 June 2026
  • Beatty, like other ex officio members of the board, had her voting rights stripped by the board in May 2025.
    — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 29 May 2026
  • By virtue of their positions, these lawmakers are ex officio members of the Kennedy Center's board.
    — ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • By virtue of their positions, these lawmakers are ex officio members of the Kennedy Center’s board.
    — Steven Sloan, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
  • But Beatty disputed that assertion about ex officio voting rights, as did Kaiser.
    — Janay Kingsberry, The Atlantic, 6 June 2026
  • McClain’s departure leaves the board with one vacancy for a member of the public and one ex officio vacancy.
    — Lia Russell, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2023
  • According to the center, all ex officio members were invited to the upcoming meeting.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Commissioners would serve two-year terms for up to six years, and Council President or a designee would serve as an ex officio member.
    — Robin Goist, cleveland, 29 June 2020
  • The New York Democrat is an ex officio member of the board because of his position in Congress.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Through her position in Congress, Beatty is an ex officio member of the Kennedy Center's board.
    — ABC News, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Beatty, an ex officio member, protested that she was prohibited from participating or voting at the board meeting, and filed the lawsuit later that month.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2026
  • McMaster, an ex officio board member, also personally called trustees at the time, urging them to convene a special meeting to vote on Caslen.
    — CBS News, 13 May 2021
  • Ex officio, several members of Congress, ex officio.
    — ABC News, 14 June 2026
  • Representative Joyce Beatty, a Democrat of Ohio and an ex officio member of the board, has filed suit seeking to block the change.
    — Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Phil Mendelson, an ex officio member of the commission and chairman of the council of the District of Columbia, voted against the project.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Representative Joyce Beatty, an Ohio Democrat who serves as an ex officio board member, is suing to stop the closure.
    — Jonathan L. Fischer, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Beatty, an Ohio Democrat and an ex officio member of the Kennedy Center board, has been the lone lawmaker behind the monthslong legal fight.
    — Janay Kingsberry, The Atlantic, 6 June 2026
  • The Kennedy Center, though, cited a change in its bylaws last year that restricted voting rights of the ex officio members, which include members of Congress from both parties.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Democratic lawmakers who hold ex officio board seats due to their roles in Congress argued that the vote, which the administration claimed was unanimous, was conducted improperly.
    — Davis Winkie, USA Today, 25 Dec. 2025
  • Bond, who is also the incoming chairman of the Baton Rouge General Foundation board of governors, will serve as an ex officio member.
    — NOLA.com, 24 Jan. 2021
  • Democratic Congresswoman Joyce Beatty, who is an ex officio board member of the center, has filed a lawsuit challenging the renaming.
    — Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 7 Jan. 2026

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