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
Neither the I.O.R.’s president, Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, nor De Pasquale, the nominal head of the regulatory agency, had any idea what these accounts contained.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 14, 2015
Soon after Pitt resigned, because the rest of the Ministry refused to support him in his policy of going to war with Spain, the Duke of Newcastle still remaining nominal head of the Cabinet.
From Rulers of India: Lord Clive by Malleson, George Bruce
