nominal head

Example Sentences

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As for the nominal head of the dictatorship, Gabrielle Weiniger and David Charter report for The Times of London:

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

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

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

If so, he could also lose his position as president of the Presidium of North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament, which makes him the country’s nominal head of state.

From Seattle Times • May 5, 2016

A moment afterward Henry Claus, nominal head of the great Claus brewing interests, was ushered in.

From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis