nominal head

Example Sentences

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The monarch is the nominal head of the government and armed forces, and is highly regarded as the protector of Islam and Malay tradition.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2024

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

Mrs. Bays and Tom had that evening driven to town to meet the nominal head of the house.

From A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties by Major, Charles