How to Use trustee in a Sentence

trustee

noun
  • They were named as trustees to the child's estate.
  • That leaves the group with six trustees.
    — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The new school will be governed by a board of trustees.
    — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The report comes by way of the board of trustees of the fund.
    — Mason Leib, ABC News, 11 June 2026
  • The same is true for trusts which act only through their trustees.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Two school board trustee seats are up for grabs in Kuna.
    — Idaho Statesman, 15 Oct. 2025
  • That case was dismissed after trustees took a new vote on the plan.
    — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026
  • What did residents and trustees have to say about the project?
    — Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • District trustees have pledged no tax rate increase.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2026
  • So are school and special-district trustees.
    — Idaho Statesman, 15 Oct. 2025
  • So are school and special-district trustees.
    — Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 18 Oct. 2025
  • So are school and special-district trustees.
    — Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2025
  • So are school and special-district trustees.
    — Idaho Statesman, 17 Oct. 2025
  • So are school and special-district trustees.
    — Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 16 Oct. 2025
  • So are school and special-district trustees.
    — Idaho Statesman, 29 Oct. 2025
  • So are school and special-district trustees.
    — Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 5 Nov. 2025
  • So are school and special-district trustees.
    — Rose Evans november 3, Idaho Statesman, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Despite the somber mood, some trustees were not convinced that their fate was sealed.
    — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2026
  • Blackmon is the first Black to head the trustee’s office.
    — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
  • She has been disqualified as a trustee for nine years.
    — ABC News, 16 June 2026
  • And the trustee is the institution where your trust lives.
    — Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Hours later, trustees ruled against Blossom and her son.
    — Noah Alcala Bach, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • If there is a trust, find out the current and successor trustees.
    — Kristin McKenna, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • In West Ada, trustees are elected by zone and serve four-year terms.
    — Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 15 Oct. 2025
  • That would mean only around one-fifth of the combined board would be Queens trustees.
    — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The five trustees are elected by themselves, not the parents, and serve three-year terms.
    — Trisha Thomas, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The five trustees are elected by themselves, not the parents, and serve three-year-terms.
    — Trisha Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2023
  • There must be some reason why UF’s board of trustees has left the job open this long.
    — Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 16 May 2026
  • Trustee Lea Darrah shook her head and the trustees got up from their seats to leave again.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The pastor helmed a trust, of which Nathan Gingles was a co-trustee.
    — Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026

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