be vested

Example Sentences

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Article II says, “the executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

Authority for issuing the orders is rooted in Article II of the US constitution, external, which states: "The executive power shall be vested in a president of the United States of America."

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2025

Under WA Cares, all workers in the state would be required to pay into the system and after 10 years they’d be vested and could receive $36,500 toward in-home care needs.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2023

Worse, unless Hamlin played three seasons, he wouldn’t be vested in the league’s benefits program that could provide care for him after such a frightening event.

From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2023

The development of that system and the expenditures to be made for that purpose and the control of the men enlisted in it would not be vested in the War Department.

From Our National Defense: The Patriotism of Peace by Maxwell, George Hebard