How to Use quorum in a Sentence

quorum

noun
  • We need five people to make a quorum.
  • The proxy votes were used to achieve a quorum for the meeting.
    — Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 9 Jan. 2024
  • If there is not a quorum of two-thirds present, voting cannot take place.
    — Rachel Royster july 14, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2025
  • That vote took place but the committee did not have a quorum.
    — Marc Caputo, NBC News, 20 Jan. 2023
  • At times, the panel has lacked enough members to form a quorum.
    — Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025
  • Since there was no longer a quorum for the session, it was canceled.
    — New York Times, 25 Sep. 2019
  • The group has struggled to get a quorum because of six unfilled seats.
    — oregonlive, 29 Apr. 2022
  • The city charter says that two-thirds of the council is needed for a quorum.
    — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2024
  • The meeting was canceled because of a lack of a quorum.
    — Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Your term lasts through June 30 and you're needed for a quorum.
    — ABC News, 26 May 2026
  • With the dismissals, the board was left with only two members, not enough for a quorum.
    — Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 17 Jan. 2025
  • If a quorum of four were present, state law would have required the meetings to be held in public.
    — Lance Williams By, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Nov. 2021
  • As a result, the court lacked the quorum required to hear the case, so the election went ahead.
    — Nic Cheeseman, Foreign Affairs, 15 Nov. 2017
  • As for the search for a new commissioner, it has been locked in place since the board lost its quorum.
    — Jason Hancock, kansascity, 14 June 2018
  • But the meeting was postponed because the board did not have a quorum of four members.
    — Patrick McGeehan, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2018
  • The commission would still have a quorum of three members to have a meeting.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 8 Aug. 2023
  • As of Friday, the House has still been unable to reach a quorum.
    — Emily Caldwell, Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2021
  • So many members of the board of trustees resigned that the board no longer has the quorum required to hire a new boss.
    — Frances Robles, New York Times, 25 May 2017
  • When commissioners later failed to reach a quorum, the choice fell to the clerk of court.
    — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 25 Nov. 2025
  • For the past four months, the CFB could not function due to lack of a quorum.
    — Robert Moilanen, Star Tribune, 1 Aug. 2021
  • The board, however, was unable to do so on Monday due to a lack of a quorum.
    — Gregory Tejeda, Post-Tribune, 8 May 2017
  • The meeting could not be held after quorum was lost when a third council member resigned that day.
    — Nick El Hajj, Des Moines Register, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The members of the quorum ordained and set him apart as president of the Church.
    — Glenna Christensen, idahostatesman, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Democrats fled the state earlier this month to deny the Texas House a quorum.
    — Joseph Ax, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
  • According to Wool, there will be a quorum for the House present in Juneau.
    — Author: Erin McGroarty, Anchorage Daily News, 5 July 2019
  • At a recent board meeting a quorum of the board voted to grant a lower monthly fee to a widow.
    — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026
  • Both issues died in the House last month after Democrats broke quorum through a walkout.
    — Rick Klein, Averi Harper, ABC News, 25 June 2021
  • Friday’s vote failed because the session fell 14 members short of a quorum.
    — Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The full board has not had a quorum and therefore could not meet, said Michael Honeycutt, who heads the board.
    — Scott Waldman, Scientific American, 6 Mar. 2018
  • That would leave just two of the five members voting on the deal, short of the quorum required in the nonprofit’s bylaws.
    — Mike Rogoway, oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2022

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