nominal head
Example Sentences
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“He is the nominal head of the court, but has little authority to act on his own.”
From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2022
The Xinjiang chairman, the nominal head of the region, was always a Uighur, but the real power rested with the regional party secretary, who for decades was always Han.
From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2020
The Fullerton has hosted North Korea’s nominal head of state Kim Yong Nam in the past, according to a person familiar with the matter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2018
When it’s time to give the children their allowance, Andais secretly hands Charlie the coins so that he, as nominal head of the household, can dole them out.
From The New Yorker • May 17, 2017
He recognized that the speaker was the actual, not the nominal, head of the American branch.
From The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan by MacGrath, Harold
